To deter violence, research suggests the best strategy is not harsh punishment for threats but a different tactic, one based on decades of interviews with mass shooters, political assassins and people who survived attacks: threat assessments.
Law enforcement officials have praised technology used by Barrow County schools for enabling a swift response to the shooting earlier this month at Apalachee High School.
The recent shooting at Apalachee High School outside of Atlanta caused more than physical wounds. Medical experts worry a lack of mental health resources in the community — and in Georgia as a whole — means few options for those trying to cope with trauma from the shooting.
Georgia's state House speaker says lawmakers in 2025 will consider new policies after a school shooting killed four at a high school northeast of Atlanta. But Republican Jon Burns is stopping short of Democratic demands.
Many students in Georgia's Barrow County are headed back to class Tuesday. The return comes six days after a shooting killed two teachers and two students at the school district's Apalachee High School northeast of Atlanta.
New details are emerging in the deadly shooting at a Georgia high school that took the lives of four people and injured nine others. The mother of the 14-year-old suspect reportedly contacted the school 30 minutes before the shooting began to warn of an "emergency" regarding her son and asked a counselor to find him. William Brangham discussed more with Chase McGee of Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins and head coach Raheen Morris wore Apalachee High School T-shirts during warmups before the NFL team's season opener, honoring the victims of a fatal shooting.
The Apalachee high school student accused of killing two of his fellow students and two teachers appeared in court today along with his father who also faces charges.
The father and son arrested in connection with the Apalachee High School shooting appeared in Georgia court for separate hearings on Friday. They will remain in custody as the investigation continues.
The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting at a Georgia high school that killed four people and his father will both stay in custody following back-to-back court hearings Friday morning where their lawyers declined to seek bail.
Americans watched in horror on TV and social media Wednesday as students from Apalachee High School in Winder evacuated the building following a shooting that left four dead and nine injured, according to law enforcement and news reports.
