Gun safety advocates call for change at Georgia Capitol in first session after Apalachee shooting

Layla Renee Contreras, lead organizer of the community group Change for Chee and a graduate of Apalachee High School, speaks inside the Georgia Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 4, about wanting lawmakers to consider the issue of firearm access. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

An Apalachee High School student is urging lawmakers to consider the issue of firearm access in their talks about improving school safety in the aftermath of the deadly shooting in Winder, Georgia, five months ago.

Standing inside the State Capitol on Tuesday, Isabel Trejo, a senior at Apalachee, described how her scars from that day are still raw.

Her math teacher, Richard “Ricky” Aspinwall, was one of four people killed in the Sept. 4 shooting. The 14-year-old arrested, Colt Gray, allegedly got the semiautomatic assault rifle used in the attack from his father. Father and son are both facing murder charges.