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00:00Shook by the deadliest shooting in the state's history, this community in Winder, northern
00:05Georgia holds a vigil for the victims of Appalachee High.
00:09I feel kind of in a state of shock. You hear about this kind of stuff and you never think
00:15it's going to happen to you until it's happening. And then once you're in that, it's like this
00:20has really happened. It's like a surreal experience.
00:24You know I think we're going to hurt for a very long time. I think we're going to grieve
00:32for a very long time. I hope it will bring our community closer together.
00:37Morning classes were taking place on Wednesday when a 14-year-old student at the school opened
00:42fire.
00:44Some tried to pile desks and chairs to create a barricade while the words hard lockdown
00:48appeared on screens in the classrooms as school kids scrambled for shelter, eventually pouring
00:54into the football stadium.
00:56Within minutes, two school resource officers reportedly encountered the shooter, who immediately
01:01surrendered. The suspect, identified as Colt Gray, was taken into custody where he's set
01:06to be charged with murder and tried as an adult.
01:09The FBI says the teen and his father had been interviewed more than a year ago by local
01:13law enforcement over threats of a school shooting online, but the teen denied making such threats.
01:20Authorities have yet to find out how the suspect obtained the gun and got it onto the school
01:24premises. On the campaign trail, both presidential candidates reacted to the news, Donald Trump
01:30sharing his sympathy on Truth Social, calling the shooter a deranged monster, while Kamala
01:35Harris condemned it as a senseless tragedy.
01:38The incident has once again added fuel to the debate on US gun control and safety, with
01:4336 school shootings and 30 mass killings since the beginning of the year.