A 14-year-old student opened fire today in the hallway of a Georgia high school, killing two students and two teachers and injuring at least nine others, the authorities said. The shooting — the deadliest episode of school violence in Georgia’s history — took place at Apalachee High School in Winder, roughly 50 miles from the center of Atlanta. Here’s the latest on what we know.

Students inside the school described a chaotic atmosphere after they realized that a lockdown was not a drill. They barricaded themselves inside classrooms as gunshots rang out, and some students called their parents in fear. “They prepare you for these things,” one student said. “But in the moment, I started crying. I got nervous.”

The suspect surrendered when he was confronted by law enforcement and is in custody, officials said. He will be charged with murder as an adult. President Biden called the shooting “another horrific reminder of how gun violence continues to tear our communities apart.”

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