Ga. School Shooting Suspect Tried To Enter His Class With A Gun, But Was Stopped: Student

Lyela Sayarath, a junior at Apalachee High School, said a fellow student didn't open the classroom door after apparently seeing the suspect's firearm.

The suspect in Wednesday’s school shooting in Winder, Georgia, left his math class before the attack and apparently tried to reenter the room with a gun, but a classmate stopped him by not opening the door, a student has said.

Junior Lyela Sayarath told CNN that the suspect, 14-year-old Colt Gray, had been sitting next to her at the start of the class at Apalachee High School but that Gray, who she said often skipped class, got up and left.

The period was nearly finished when he returned, she said, knocking at the door to be let back in because the doors lock automatically after they’re closed.

“They almost let him in. ... But I’m pretty sure she saw that he had a gun and so she backed away,” Sayarath said. “I think he wanted to come to us first.”

She then heard him fire “about 10-15 rounds, back to back,” prompting everyone in her class to drop to the floor and crawl to one area of the room, said Sayarath, who also described the moment in similar remarks to others in the press.