4 killed, 9 injured in Georgia high school shooting

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INTERVIEWED BY AUTHORITIES BUT TONIGHT NO WORD OF A POSSIBLE MOTIVE. PRIYA SRIDHAR IS THERE WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. >> Reporter: HORROR IN WINDER, GEORGIA, AFTER OFFICIALS SAY A SUSPECTED SHOOTER OPENED FIRE IN APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL. >> A 14-YEAR-OLD STUDENT HERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AGAIN, HE HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HE WILL BE CHARGED WITH MURDER, AND HE WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. >> Reporter: THIS VIDEO CAPTURING TERRIFYING MOMENTS AFTER GUNFIRE RANG OUT. POLICE SAY DEPUTIES AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL RUSHED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AT ABOUT 10:23 A.M. IN RESPONSE TO AN ACTIVE SHOOTING. THE SCHOOL PUT ON LOCKDOWN. >> IT WAS JUST LIKE A LOUD BOOM. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY THE GUNFIRE LEFT FOUR DEAD, TWO TEACHERS, AND TWO STUDENTS AND NINE INJURED. >> OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER ENGAGED HIM AND THE SHOOTER QUICKLY REALIZED THAT IF HE DID NOT GIVE UP, THAT IT WOULD END WITH AN OIF, AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. HE GAVE UP, GOT ON THE GROUND, AND THE DEPUTY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY. >> Reporter: GOLF COACH DAVID PHOENIX WAS SHOT TWICE AND ALIVE ACCORDING TO HIS DAUGHTER POSTING ON FACEBOOK HE IS IN STABLE CONDITION. >> MY HEART HURTS FOR THESE KIDS. MY HEART HURTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT HATE WILL NOT PREVAIL IN THIS COUNTY. LOVE WILL PREVAIL OVER WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. >> Reporter: STUDENTS RETURNED BACK TO SCHOOL IN AUGUST, SOPHOMORES DESCRIBING THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS. >> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU COULD HEAR THE GUNFIRE RIGHT DOWN THE HALL, SO I WAS SHAKING, SCARED. >> I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. >> Reporter: THIS STUDENT SAYS SHE WAS SHAKEN UP AND SCARED. >> HOW DOES IT FEEL THAT THIS HAPPENED AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL? >> I'M SHOCKED. I'M SHOCKED SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN HERE. >> Reporter: PANICKED PARENTS RUSHED TO THE SCHOOL LATER REUNITING WITH THEIR CHILDREN AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD. >> MY DAUGHTER CALLED ME AT WORK SCREAMING THAT THERE WAS A SHOOTER AT APALACHEE. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN BRIEFED TODAY WRITING JILL AND I ARE MOURNING THE DEATHS OF THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE CUT SHORT DUE TO MORE SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTING, THESE CHERISHED CHILDREN WERE TAKEN FROM US FAR TOO SOON BY A SICK AND DERANGED MONSTER. AT A RALLY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS REMARKING -- >> IT'S SENSELESS. IT IS -- WE'VE GOT TO STOP IT, AND WE HAVE TO END THIS EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTRY ONCE AND FOR ALL. >> AND, PRIYA, HAVE INVESTIGATORS REACHED OUT TO THE SUSPECT'S FAMILY YET? >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, LESTER, AUTHORITIES HAVE SPOKEN TO THE SUSPECT'S FAMILY, BUT THEY SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. SCHOOL HERE IS CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. THE COMMUNITY IS GATHERING TONIGHT FOR A VIGIL TO MOURN THE

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