09/05/2024

FBI had Prior Warning about Suspect in Fatal Georgia High School Shooting

Once again, proper action was not taken

The Atlanta office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released new details about the 14-year-old boy accused of killing two students and two teachers and injuring nine others at Apalachee High School on Wednesday in Winder, Ga.

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the FBI said in May 2023 it received "several anonymous tips about online threats to commit a school shooting at an unidentified location and time," and that the threats contained images of guns.

The agency says the sheriff’s office identified a suspect, a 13-year-old male, and interviewed him and his father. “The father stated he had hunting guns in the house, but the subject did not have unsupervised access to them. The subject denied making the threats online,” the post said.

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