Officials ID 4 victims killed in Apalachee HS shooting

Authorities have identified the two 14-year-old students and two teachers who were gunned down during a sickening massacre at a Georgia high school Wednesday morning.

Teens Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo were killed along with math teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Christina Irimie, 53, when alleged gunman Colt Gray, 14, opened fire inside Apalachee High School around 10:30 a.m., authorities said during an evening press conference.  

Aspinwall was also an assistant coach of the Winder-based school’s football team and served as its defensive coordinator, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Eight students students and one teacher, identified earlier as David Phenix, were also injured in the massacre.

The nine wounded are expected to survive, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said.

Gray was taken into custody shortly after he started firing with an AR-15-style weapon and is expected to be charged as an adult.

“And I would just ask all Georgians and all Americans to continue to keep these families, these educators and these students in your thoughts and prayers,” Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Wednesday night.

“And we will provide every state resource that is needed from here until they’re not. To support this community and support this team behind me.”

Police said they were reviewing troves of evidence as they searched for a motive behind the bloodshed.

But Gray was on the FBI’s radar for more than a year before the shooting, the feds revealed. 

The bureau received several tips about threats to commit a school shooting in May 2023 that led the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to interview the boy and his father.

At the time, authorities said they didn’t have probable cause to make an arrest or take further action.