The four people killed during a school shooting in Georgia were identified Wednesday night by state officials.
During a press conference, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey revealed the names of two 14-year-old students and two math teachers who were fatally shot by a suspected 14-year-old student at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. The students were Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, while the teachers were Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Christina Irimie, 53.
Nine other people were injured during the attack, which was stopped by a school resource officer who confronted the shooter, forcing him to surrender to authorities.
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“Those that are deceased are heroes in my book,” Hosey said. “Those that are in the hospital recovering right now are heroes in my book. But also the heroes that we need to remember is our faculty and staff here at this school. They acted admirably, they were heroes in the action they took. The protocols of this school and system activated today prevented this from being a much larger tragedy.”
Aspinwall, the defensive coordinator for Apalachee’s football team, was remembered by his students as a solid role model.
“It’s just so hard to think that somebody that you spent so much time with, because this is my second year with coach, but spending so much time, like family basically,” sophomore football player Isaiah Hooks told Fox5 Atlanta. “So, turning around, knowing that he’s not going to be there.”
David Phenix, a teacher at the school, was injured during the shooting and required hospitalization.
“We are so thankful for all the texts, calls, and messages about my dad, David Phenix. There was a shooting this morning at Apalachee High School and my dad was shot in the foot and in the hip, shattering his hip bone,” his daughter said in a Facebook post. “He arrived to the hospital alert and awake. He just got out of surgery and is stable.”
“This is everybody’s worst nightmare. I just want to offer my sincere condolences and our thoughts and prayers to the families that have lost loved ones, for those that are injured and continuing to fight,” Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp said while standing beside Hosey.
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Hosey said that the shooter used an AR-style rifle and that there was no evidence that there were any additional shooters, though investigators were looking into any leads of potential associates of the gunman.
The FBI acknowledged on Wednesday night that it had received tips last year about the suspected shooter but did not have probable cause to make an arrest. Hosey said the alleged shooter “will be charged with murder and handled as an adult.”
