WINDER — A 14-year-old student at Apalachee High School is facing murder charges after he allegedly shot and killed four people — including a coach from Rome — and injured nine others at the school on Wednesday.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed two students and two teachers died and another nine people were injured as a result of the shooting in Barrow County.
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