Apalachee High School shooting is the latest in U.S. Here's how many happened in 2024, so far.
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Two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School were shot and killed and nine other people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds Wednesday. The deadly Sept. 4 incident was the 218th time a gun was fired or brandished at a school so far in 2024, data shows.
The suspected shooter — a 14-year-old student at the northern Georgia school — was arrested and is being charged with murder. Authorities said he would be tried as an adult.
A CBS News analysis of data from the K-12 Shooting Database shows that of those more than 200 incidents as of Sept. 4 — which include gang violence, domestic incidents and accidents, among other causes — 10 were in Georgia, including Wednesday's incident.
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