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Vigil held for victims of deadly Georgia shooting

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<p>People came together to hold a vigil after a 14-year-old student killed two fellow students and two teachers, while wounding nine others, in a shooting at a Georgia high school.</p><p>Students, families, and teachers held candles and prayed for the victims of the deadly shooting, just weeks after classes began. &quot;I still don&#x27;t believe this is true,&quot; Guray Chapman, who witnessed the shooting, told Reuters.</p><p>He heard shots being fired while walking back into the classroom, where he then isolated himself with his teacher and classmates.</p><p>The shooting was the first of the new school year in the U.S., a stark reminder of the threat of gun violence in schools and colleges across the nation. The shooting left four dead at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, and nine people were taken to hospitals with various injuries from gunshots, investigators said at a press conference.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/9/5/gunman-14-kills-four-in-us-school-shooting-1013">Gunman, 14, kills four in US school shooting</a></div><p>The suspect, identified as Colt Gray, 14, a student at the school, was in custody and will be charged and tried as an adult, said Chris Hosey, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.</p><p>The suspect was speaking with investigators, but they declined to say if they knew what motivated him. They also did not say what type of gun was used in the shooting.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/9/4/-i-m-scared-mom-receives-son-s-text-during-georgia-school-shooting-405">&#x27;I&#x27;m scared&#x27;: Mom receives son&#x27;s text during Georgia school shooting</a></div><p>The US has seen hundreds of shootings inside schools and colleges in the past two decades, with the deadliest resulting in over 30 deaths at Virginia Tech in 2007. The carnage has intensified the pitched debate over gun laws and the US Constitution&#x27;s Second Amendment, which enshrines the right &quot;to keep and bear arms.&quot;  </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/03/28/23/a-quarter-century-of-deadly-gun-violence-in-us-schools">A quarter century of deadly gun violence in US schools</a></div>

<p>People came together to hold a vigil after a 14-year-old student killed two fellow students and two teachers, while wounding nine others, in a shooting at a Georgia high school.</p>

People came together to hold a vigil after a 14-year-old student killed two fellow students and two teachers, while wounding nine others, in a shooting at a Georgia high school.