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Apalachee High School shooting victims | What we know
Apalachee High School shooting victims identified
During a second news briefing, the GBI identified the four victims killed in the shooting at Apalachee High School. Two 14-year-old students, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, and two teachers, Richard Aspenwall and Christina Irmie, lost their lives.
BARROW COUNTY, Ga. – Officials have released the names of the two teachers and two students killed during Wednesday’s shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder.
The GBI identified the victims as Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie, both math teachers, and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14-years-old.
Richard Apsinwall: Dedicated coach
Richard “Ricky” Aspinwall was a math teacher and assistant football coach for the Apalachee Wildcats.
Richard Aspinwal (Supplied)
The 39-year-old Aspinwall is the team’s defensive coordinator, being hired in 2023.
“It’s just so hard to think that somebody that you spent so much time with, because this is my second year with coach, but spending so much time, like family basically,” said sophomore football player, Isaiah Hooks. “So, turning around, knowing that he’s not going to be there.”
He was previously at Mountain View High School in Lawrenceville. The Mountain View HS Athletics posted a heartfelt message on its Facebook page:
“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. Mountain View extends its deepest condolences to the entire Apalachee High School community. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all during this tragic time.”
The Rome native was also previously a teacher at Dunwoody High School.
Buford High School football Coach Brandon Gill shared a photo of him with Coach Aspinwall to his X account writing:
“Unbelievably heart broken over the loss of our dear friend @CoachAwall … He was truly as great as they come. Helluva human being. Would do anything for anyone. Amazing husband, father, teacher and coach. I’ll never forget you, brother! RIP Rick-Bo”
Christina Irimie: Beloved math teacher
Christina Irimie (Supplied)
Christina Irmie was part of the math department at Apalachee High School.
Students described the 53-year-old teacher as patient and caring.
Mason Schermerhorn
Family members tell FOX 5 that Mason Schemerhorn was 14-years-old.
He was a freshman at Apalachee High School.
Christian Angulo
Freshman Christian Angulo was remembered by friends as a free spirit who loved to make others laugh. The 14-year-old was described as having a “chill” attitude, but was full of life and energy.
“I was just like, ‘What’s going on?’ And then I checked the family group chat and there’s my sister saying that there’s a shooting at Apalache and that’s how I was just like, ‘This isn’t real, this can’t be happening,’” said Abner Sanz, who has been friends with 14-year-old Christian Angulo since middle school. “I started asking other people if it was true that he had passed away because I just wanted to know. I was in denial because you would never believe somebody that you knew would pass away just like that,” Sanz said.
What we know about the Apalachee High School shooting
Kemp addresses Apalachee High School shooting
During a second press briefing on the shooting at Apalachee High School, Gov. Brian Kemp appeared with law enforcement, thanking law enforcement, first responders, and school officials, and calling the deadly shooting “everyone’s worst nightmare.”
Four people, two teachers and two students, were killed in the shooting at the high school, which is located about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta. Nine other people were also injured and taken to area hospitals for treatment.
Investigators say the suspected shooter entered the building at around 10:20 a.m. and opened fire.
Law enforcement officers responded immediately and encountered the shooter, who dropped his weapon and surrendered.
Once in custody, the suspect was reportedly interviewed by investigators. A motive behind the shooting has not been revealed.
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Decatur Square businesses thrive during 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup and WatchFest: “…beyond our wildest imagination”
With all the soccer fans visiting metro Atlanta, local businesses are reaping the benefits.
In Decatur, shops and restaurants on the Decatur Square are seeing a surge in foot traffic during the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup and Decatur WatchFest.
Lee Fewell, manager and bartender at The Brick Store Pub on the square, said the excitement has been nonstop. “It’s been really crazy,” Fewell said. “We have our outback garden area just completely filled up. We added some TVs, and it’s just been full capacity at any given moment.”
While Wednesday night was relatively slower than recent days, Fewell noted that business is usually quieter during the summer. This year, however, the restaurant saw its biggest day ever when the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team played its first match in the tournament.
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FBI orders field offices to send analysts to Atlanta for 2020 election investigation, sources say
The FBI is ramping up its investigation into the 2020 election results in Fulton County, Georgia, by ordering field offices across the country to send investigative analysts to Atlanta to help evaluate thousands of records, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
According to a memo sent to all field offices and reviewed by CBS News, the Directorate of Intelligence requested “surge support” to Atlanta to assist in what it called FBI Director Kash Patel’s “priority” investigation. The memo did not explicitly discuss the nature of the investigation, but multiple sources confirmed to CBS News the subject of the memo is the 2020 election probe in Fulton County.
The memo calls on every FBI field office to assign analysts, seeking to reach a total of 260 analysts. Large field offices are being asked to contribute eight analysts each, while small and medium offices must dedicate between three and five analysts. They are being asked to review 708 records each, and complete the work by July 17, the memo shows.
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The surge of personnel was first reported by MS Now.
President Trump has repeatedly alleged without providing evidence that officials in heavily Democratic Fulton County manipulated ballot counts in 2020 and that large numbers of votes in the state were cast by deceased Georgians, nonresidents or other ineligible participants.
After Mr. Trump lost Georgia by 11,799 votes, he frequently claimed the election had been “rigged.” But Joe Biden’s win in Georgia was confirmed in both a machine recount and an audit that involved hand recounts by every county in the state.
Earlier this year, the FBI executed a search warrant in Fulton County where it seized “all physical ballots” from 2020, as well as tapes from vote-tabulating machines, ballot images and voter rolls. Home to Atlanta, Fulton County was crucial to Biden’s narrow 2020 win in the state.
The case was referred to the FBI by Kurt Olsen, a lawyer who previously fought to help overturn the results of the 2020 election and now works for the Justice Department, where he is assigned in Miami to help investigate the so-called “grand conspiracy” into whether Obama and Biden-era officials conspired to keep President Trump out of office.
A judge in May denied a request by Fulton County to return the ballots that were seized.
The FBI declined to comment.
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