(UPDATE) WASHINGTON — The father of a 14-year-old teen, who shot four people dead at a US high school, was charged with manslaughter, authorities said Thursday, after the country's latest outbreak of gun violence.
The teen faces four felony murder counts after allegedly killing two fellow pupils, also aged 14, as well as two teachers at Apalachee High School in the southern state of Georgia on Wednesday.
People pray during a vigil for the Apalachee High School shooting at Jug Tavern Park in Winder, Georgia, on September 4, 2024. - A 14-year-old gunman killed at least four people, including two students, and wounded nine more when he opened fire at a high school in the US state of Georgia on September 4, law enforcement said.
The shooter -- also a student at the school -- was taken into custody. He will be charged with murder and tried as an adult, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.
Two teachers were also among the dead. (Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA / AFP)