CV NEWS FEED // A school shooter in the Atlanta suburbs opened fire Wednesday morning, killing at least four people and causing at least nine more to be hospitalized.
The shooting took place at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, located approximately 50 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta.
WCVB (an ABC affiliate) reported: “First responders received calls about an active shooter at the high school starting at about 9:30 a.m. ET.”
“A suspect is in custody and is alive,” WCVB added. “No information regarding the suspect or their motive has been released.”
The New York Post reported that, according to law enforcement sources, the “suspected shooter is believed to be a 14-year-old,” but it remains “unclear if he is a student at the school.”
CNN indicated that, per “other law enforcement sources,” there “could be up to 30 people who were injured, although it’s unclear how many of the injuries are from gunshot wounds.”
In addition, CNN reported that law enforcement sources said the school “received a phone call this morning warning there would be shootings at five schools and that Apalachee would be the first.”
Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the shooting during remarks delivered in New Hampshire.
“It’s just outrageous,” the Democratic nominee said, “that every day in our country, in the United States of America, that parents have to send their children to school worried about whether or not their child would come home alive.”
“We got to stop it,” she said. “We have to end this epidemic of gun violence in our country once and for all. … It doesn’t have to be this way. It doesn’t have to be this way.”
Political commentator Carmine Sabia took to X (formerly Twitter) charging Harris with “politicizing the shooting.”
“She has been vice president for 3 & 1/2 years and has not stopped it,” Sabia pointed out.
President Joe Biden struck a similar tone to Harris’, calling the shooting “another horrific reminder of how gun violence continues to tear our communities apart,” per The New York Times.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said: “I know parents across the country are thinking about this day and this is a day you fear.”
The Times noted that Jean-Pierre called on “Republicans in Congress to act, to do more.”
Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz – an outspoken supporter of gun control – said that school shootings are “all too common.”
Meanwhile, many observers on social media highlighted that the school was reportedly warned of a potential shooting in advance.
One popular X account wrote: “Someone needs to be fired in disgrace over this massive security failure.”