Metro Atlanta families are pressing their districts about school safety in the wake of the shooting at Apalachee High School that left four dead: teachers Richard Aspinwall and Cristina Irimie, and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested a 14-year-old suspect in Winder, Georgia. His father was also arrested on charges of involuntary manslaughter and second-degree murder. GBI Director Chris Hosey said the father bought his son the same AR-style weapon that he allegedly used in the massacre.
As the school year is only a few weeks in, this shooting in Barrow County has most definitely had an impact on Atlanta Public School students and their parents.
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