2nd Apalachee Student Accused Of Bringing Gun On Campus Charged

WINDER, GA — A 14-year-old Apalachee High School student was arrested Wednesday afternoon after being accused of bringing a gun on campus months after a deadly mass shooting at the school.

School resource officers arrested the student around 2 p.m., according to the Barrow County Sheriff's Office. Authorities did not say how they discovered a gun was on campus.

The unnamed student did not threaten anyone with the gun, authorities said.

The student was charged on suspicion of two counts of possession of a weapon on school grounds, theft by taking and minor in possession of a firearm., authorities said. The student was taken to a regional youth detention center, authorities said.

School officials closed Apalachee on Thursday, canceling classes and on-campus extracurricular activities, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.

Apalachee is where another 14-year-old, Colt Gray, was accused of opening fire and killing four people on Sept. 4, 2024.

Colt Gray, who was indicted in October on 55 counts, was charged on suspicion of felony murder and malice murder in connection with the shooting that claimed the lives of students Christian Angulo and Mason Schermerhorn, both 14, and teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53.

Colin Gray, the father of Colt Gray, was charged on suspicion of multiple counts of murder, second-degree cruelty to children and involuntary manslaughter in connection with the deadly shooting.

Authorities said the teenage Gray will be tried as an adult in the case that grabbed national attention and brought support for the Barrow County school.