Georgia high school shooting: What we know about suspected 14-year-old shooter Colt Gray

A 14-year-old student was identified as the suspected gunman who allegedlyopened fire at a Georgia high school on Wednesday, killing four people, authorities said.

Colt Gray was taken into custody and will be charged as an adult, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said at a news conference hours after the shooting.

Two students and two teachers were killed in the mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, an hour outside of Atlanta, Hosey confirmed.

Special education teacher David Phenix and 14-year-old student Mason Schermerhorn have been identified by family members as among the victims.

At least nine people were hospitalized. Details about their conditions were not released.

“My heart hurts for these kids. My heart hurts for this community,” Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said. “But I want to make it very clear that hate will not prevail in this county.”

Colt Gray is a 14-year-old student believed to be a freshman at Apalachee High School.

Lyela Sayarath, a student at Apalachee High School, described Gray, as “quiet” and would often “skip class.” She told CNN that she wasn’t surprised because Gray fit the description of a shooter.

Sayarath, who said she was sitting next to Gray in their Algebra 1 class just moments before the shooting, recalled how he left the room around 9:45 a.m. He didn’t take the bathroom pass with him, so she assumed he was skipping class.

“He wasn’t there most times,” Sayarath said. “He either wouldn’t be there or skip class. But even what he would have talked it would have talked it would have just been one word answers or just shot statements.”

Gray faces multiple charges of murder. He will be tried as an adult, officials said.

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