{"id":633512,"date":"2024-09-05T08:25:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T05:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/georgia-high-school-shooting-victims-students-and-teachers-mourned\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T08:25:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T05:25:34","slug":"georgia-high-school-shooting-victims-students-and-teachers-mourned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/georgia-high-school-shooting-victims-students-and-teachers-mourned\/","title":{"rendered":"#Georgia high school shooting victims: Students and teachers mourned"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df5d47c75c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df5d47c75c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/georgia-high-school-shooting-victims-students-and-teachers-mourned\/#Authorities_said_14-year-olds_Mason_Schermerhorn_and_Christian_Angulo_and_teachers_Richard_Aspinwall_and_Christina_Irimie_were_killed_in_the_attack\" >Authorities said 14-year-olds Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, and teachers Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie, were killed in the attack.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/georgia-high-school-shooting-victims-students-and-teachers-mourned\/#Mason_Schermerhorn_14\" >Mason Schermerhorn, 14<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/georgia-high-school-shooting-victims-students-and-teachers-mourned\/#Christian_Angulo_14\" >Christian Angulo, 14<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/georgia-high-school-shooting-victims-students-and-teachers-mourned\/#Richard_Aspinwall_39\" >Richard Aspinwall, 39<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/georgia-high-school-shooting-victims-students-and-teachers-mourned\/#Christina_Irimie_53\" >Christina Irimie, 53<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"\"><story-emphasis util-module-path=\"elements\/story\" section=\"news\" link=\"\/news\"><\/story-emphasis><\/p>\n<hr class=\"colorbar section-news\">\n<h2 class=\"display-5 subhead spacer-small\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Authorities_said_14-year-olds_Mason_Schermerhorn_and_Christian_Angulo_and_teachers_Richard_Aspinwall_and_Christina_Irimie_were_killed_in_the_attack\"><\/span>Authorities said 14-year-olds Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, and teachers Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie, were killed in the attack.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"75077518007\" title=\"GA school shooting: Families recount hearing 'terrifying' news\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/09\/04\/USAT\/75077519007-vpc-families-speak-ga-school-shooting-reuters.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/09\/04\/USAT\/75077519007-vpc-families-speak-ga-school-shooting-reuters.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">GA school shooting: Families recount hearing &#8216;terrifying&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials said that several people were injured and at least four people are dead after an &#8216;active shooter situation&#8217; at a school in Winder, Georgia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>ATHENS, Ga. \u2014 A rural Georgia community is mourning the loss of four people who were killed Wednesday after a 14-year-old student opened fire at a high school \u2014 sending students and staff rushing to shelter in their classrooms as schools throughout the county went into lockdown.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>The four victims killed were identified as two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Winder, an Atlanta suburb of 18,300 people. The attack, which also injured eight students and one teacher, sent shock waves through the community.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey confirmed Wednesday night that 14-year-olds, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, and teachers Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie, were killed in the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith called the shooting &#8220;pure evil.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This hits home for me because I was born and raised here,&#8221; Smith said at an earlier news conference on Wednesday. &#8220;My heart hurts for these kids. My heart hurts for our community, but I want to make it very clear that hate will not prevail in this county. I want that to be very clear and known. Love will prevail over what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened today. I assure you of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>Hundreds of community members gathered in downtown Winder for a vigil on Wednesday night. Many held candles, bowing their heads down and holding each other as they prayed for the lives lost in the tragic shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what we know so far about the victims:<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"75079614007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"><\/media-gallery-promo><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mason_Schermerhorn_14\"><\/span>Mason Schermerhorn, 14<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The mother of Schermerhorn confirmed to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/massive-police-presence-apalachee-high-school-barrow-county\/S3LVRPI5DRFPFIFP4O7WXE3VOE\/\">WSB-TV Atlanta<\/a> that her son was killed in the attack.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<p>Schermerhorn was autistic and family members shared photos of him on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> when they couldn\u2019t contact him after the shooting, according to the local television station.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"><\/cta-atoms-container-inline><\/p>\n<p>Friends of Schermerhorn&#8217;s family described him as a lighthearted teenager who spent time with his family, reading, telling jokes, playing video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s, and visiting Walt Disney World, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/04\/us\/georgia-school-shooting-victims.html\">The New York Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He really enjoyed life,&#8221; Doug Kilburn, who has known Schermerhorn\u2019s mother for a decade, told The Times. &#8220;He always had an upbeat attitude about everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Christian_Angulo_14\"><\/span>Christian Angulo, 14<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Angulo was a freshman at Apalachee High School, WAGA-TV reported. Friends of the 14-year-old described him as a free spirit with a &#8220;chill&#8221; attitude.<\/p>\n<p>His older sister, Lisette, remembered Angulo as &#8220;very sweet and so caring,&#8221; according to a GoFundMe page for Angulo&#8217;s funeral services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was so loved by many. His loss was so sudden and unexpected,&#8221; Lisette Angulo wrote. &#8220;We are truly heartbroken. He really didn\u2019t deserve this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Richard_Aspinwall_39\"><\/span>Richard Aspinwall, 39<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Aspinwall taught math at Apalachee High School and was the school football team&#8217;s defensive coordinator. Head coach Mike Hancock on Wednesday night was grieving Aspinwall&#8217;s loss for the Winder community and his family.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>&#8220;He was a great dad, man, and a great father,&#8221; Hancock said. &#8220;He loved his two girls and he loved his wife. He did happen to love the game of football and he was well respected around this area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got a staff that&#8217;s hurting,&#8221; Hancock added. &#8220;This staff has been together for two years and Ricky has been a big part of it. It&#8217;s tough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aspinwall, a Rome native, was one of Hancock&#8217;s first hires when taking over Apalachee&#8217;s program last season when Aspinwall came from Mountain View High School in Lawrenceville to serve as the defensive coordinator. Aspinwall also had a coaching stint at Dunwoody High School in Dekalb County, less than an hour away from Winder.<\/p>\n<p>The Mountain View High School Athletics shared their condolences to the Apalachee community in a statement on Facebook.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>&#8220;Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of former Mountain View High School teacher and coach Ricky Aspinwall, who lost his life at Apalachee High School today,&#8221; Mountain View High School Athletics said. &#8220;Our thoughts and prayers are with you all during this tragic time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<p>Buford High School football coach Brandon Gill shared on X, formerly Twitter, that he was &#8220;unbelievably heartbroken over the loss of our dear friend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CoachAwall\">@CoachAwall<\/a> \u2026. He was truly as great as they come. Helluva human being. Would do anything for anyone. Amazing husband, father, teacher and coach. I\u2019ll never forget you, brother!&#8221; Gill added.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Christina_Irimie_53\"><\/span>Christina Irimie, 53<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>According to the Barrow County Schools website, Irimie was a math teacher at Apalachee High School.<\/p>\n<p><em>Contributing: Sara Tidwell and Vanessa Countryman, Athens Banner-Herald<\/em><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2024-09-05 03:15:58 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2024-09-05 05:25:34 +0000 UTC\"><\/lit-timestamp><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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