AP PHOTOS: Church services help Georgia residents mourn victims of school shootings
2024-09-09
Church services with music and testimonials helped many to mourn the four people who died in the school shooting earlier in the week in Winder, Georgia.
The shooting Wednesday morning at Apalachee High School in Winder, outside Atlanta, has left the father and son behind bars, families planning funerals as law enforcement continues to investigate the case.
Fourteen-year-old Colt Gray stands charged with four counts of murder, accused of using a semiautomatic assault-style rifle to kill two students and two teachers this week at his high school. He had his first hearing Friday after being charged as an adult in the latest mass shooting at a school in the U.S.
Immediately after that hearing, his father, 54-year-old Colin Gray, appeared in the same courtroom, charged with multiple offenses for allowing his son to have a weapon.
A medical helicopter is seen in front of Apalachee High School after a shooting at the school Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) A poster with images of victims Christian Angulo, top left, Richard Aspinwall, top right, Mason Schermerhorn, bottom left, and Cristina Irimie is displayed at a memorial outside Apalachee High School, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga., following a shooting at the school earlier in the week. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) Parents walk their child out of Apalachee High School after a shooting at the school Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Students and parents walk off campus at Apalachee High School after a shooting at the school, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Chimain Douglas, of Grayson, Ga., cries near Apalachee High School as she mourns for the slain students and teachers on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Students and parents walk off campus at Apalachee High School after a shooting at the school, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) A medical helicopter flies out of Apalachee High School after a shooting at the school Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) People embrace at a makeshift memorial after a shooting Wednesday at Apalachee High School, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) A memorial is seen at Apalachee High School after the Wednesday school shooting, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Linda Carter, of Grayson, Ga., kneels near Apalachee High School to place flowers as she mourns for the slain students and teachers on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) A memorial is seen at Apalachee High School after the Wednesday school shooting, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Apalachee High School is seen a day after a shooting occurred at the school, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) This combo of booking images provided by the Barrow County, Ga., Sheriff’s Office shows Colin Gray, left, and his son Colt Gray, who have been charged in relation to the Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, shootings at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga. (Barrow County Sheriff’s Office via AP) Colt Gray, charged as an adult with four counts of murder, sits in the Barrow County courthouse during his first appearance for the Wednesday shooting at Apalachee High School, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, Pool) Colin Gray, 54, the father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, 14, enters the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance, on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, Pool) A member prays during a Sunday service at Bethlehem Church as the community copes with grief and pain following Wednesday's deadly school shooting, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Bethlehem, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Church members pray during a Sunday service at Bethlehem Church as the community copes with grief and pain following Wednesday's deadly school shooting, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Bethlehem, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Senior Worship Pastor Joel Goddard sings during a Sunday service at Bethlehem Church, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Bethlehem, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) An Apalachee High School student is embraced during a Sunday service at Bethlehem Church, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Bethlehem, Ga.(AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Fans observe a moment of silence for victims of Wednesday’s school shooting at Apalachee High School before an NCAA college football game between Tennessee Tech and Georgia Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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