# Possible school shooting ~40mi NE of Atlanta (9/4/2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [September 4, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755 "2024-09-04T15:51:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/22 "2024-09-05T14:30:27Z")
Every news report I’ve heard says they will charge him as an adult. I’ve also heard that, at least for now, he’s being held in a juvenile facility. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/23 "2024-09-05T14:32:36Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > _And every year now like Christmas > Some boy gets the milk-fed suburban blues > Reaches for the available arsenal > And saunters off to make the evening news._ > > - Ani DiFranco, “To The Teeth”. We would be _lucky_ if this sort of thing happened as rarely as once a year. Brace yourselves for another round of thoughts and prayers and no real change. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/24 "2024-09-05T15:37:05Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > It’s entirely possible the teacher didn’t recognize the sounds as gunshots. Perhaps the student didn’t either. People who are not familiar with gunfire in a real world context often expect shots to sound resonant and dramatic like they do in movies and television. In reality, gunshots often sound flat, like someone slapping a bag of water. And frankly, most people aren’t expecting to have to identify the sound of gunfire in the halls of a school even though this has come to occur in American schools with disturbing regularity. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/25 "2024-09-05T17:43:19Z")
Where did the shooting occur? I’m wondering because the two student victims were the same age and both teachers taught math. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/26 "2024-09-05T19:24:32Z")
When I went to school (more recently than stone tablets but still in the age of blackboards & chalk) we had classes per wing - all math classes were in one section of the school, all science were in another, same for humanities & foreign languages, etc. That was also true more recently when I attended back to school nights for my kids, at a different school than I went to which leads me to believe it’s a common practice. I believe I read he had left a math (algegra?) class so it makes sense early in the period & was trying to get back into that class so it makes sense he was in the math wing. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/27 "2024-09-05T20:59:26Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > People who are not familiar with gunfire in a real world context often expect shots to sound resonant and dramatic like they do in movies and television. In reality, gunshots often sound flat, like someone slapping a bag of water. And frankly, most people aren’t expecting to have to identify the sound of gunfire in the halls of a school… Exactly. FWIW, I frequently associate the sound of someone striking a hammer on the other side of a wall or around the corner at a certain distance as very similar to the sound of the AR-15’s military cousins, the M-16 and M-4. And I would _like_ to think that, although school shootings are all too common, construction and maintenance around and in schools is still much more common. When you hear hoofbeats, you think horses, not zebras. Construction and maintenance are the horses, school shootings are the zebra. Me? When I go by a construction site, my first thought is “Someone’s shooting an assault rifle!” But it’s not at all surprising to me that a discerning adult who _hasn’t_ been around small arms fire would assume that gunfire heard through a wall and down the hallway is actually something more mundane. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/28 "2024-09-05T22:28:53Z")
I know why he did it. He had access to the weapon. Fail! He was raised by idiots. Fail! His mental health was ignored, not noticed or no one gave a shit. Fail! The PTB missed the clues, the trail was not followed. It fell through the cracks. Fail! The school knew this, about this particular student. No one put him in lock down, at school. With no access to other areas of the school. Fail! Could’ve been caught. Now 4 are dead. 9 are injured. Fail! I’m very sure at least 12 kids got sent home that very day for dress code violations or the sniffles. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/29 "2024-09-05T22:54:58Z")
May 2023: FBI question Colt and his dad about online threats. Christmas 2023: dad buys Colt the future murder weapon. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/30 "2024-09-05T23:04:00Z")
Unbelievable! If this case goes as another recent one went, dear ole’ dad is going to end up in prison. Maybe they can share a jail cell? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/31 "2024-09-05T23:06:36Z")
I agree and always do when things like this happen. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/32 "2024-09-05T23:07:49Z")
I’ve heard that too. Those pigs are VERY hard to kill, and often don’t taste good to humans. They also cause a lot of damage in their non-native areas. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/33 "2024-09-05T23:12:37Z")
What are the native areas for feral pigs? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/34 "2024-09-05T23:18:35Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > If this case goes as another recent one went, dear ole’ dad is going to end up in prison. Maybe they can share a jail cell? I don’t know. I have a feeling Georgia’s gun laws are much more lenient than Michigan. I’m totally just guessing. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/35 "2024-09-05T23:18:57Z")
It was the suspect’s first full day in a new school and he was only enrolled in the school district 2 weeks ago. It seems likely he knew none of the victims. > **[Georgia school shooting live updates: Suspect was a new student at the school...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/live-blog/rcna169694)** > > Latest news and live updates on the Apalachee High School shooting that killed two students and two teachers in Georgia. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > What are the native areas for feral pigs? I have no idea what that father does or if he hunts pigs but they are a problem in Georgia. [https://www.georgiaferalswine.com/](https://www.georgiaferalswine.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/36 "2024-09-05T23:45:50Z")
They are all over the south. You DO NOT need ARs for pigs. I promise. Not necessary. And especially no 14yo needs one or to be at a pig hunt. Ever. Ever. The Father is arrested. It was a gift. The gun.My god. A freakin’ gift. Who buys a baby an AR? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/37 "2024-09-05T23:56:44Z")
The father has been arrested. Four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/38 "2024-09-06T00:17:48Z")
[Here’s a link to](https://m) the CNN story on that. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/39 "2024-09-06T00:18:36Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > _The father has been arrested._ Good! **Good!** **GOOD!** ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/40 "2024-09-06T00:19:28Z")
Gotta teach 'em to quit raising terrorists. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755/41 "2024-09-06T00:27:03Z")
Fixed link: > **[The father of the Georgia school shooting suspect has been arrested and...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/05/us/winder-georgia-shooting-apalachee-high-school/index.html)** > > The father of the Apalachee High School shooting suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting that left four people dead, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-school-shooting-40mi-ne-of-atlanta-9-4-2024/1006755.md?page=3)