Georgia school shooter had a chaotic childhood and was fixated on mass killings, psychologist says
ABC NewsLiveVideoLocal NewsShowsGood Morning AmericaShopGMAInterest Successfully AddedWe'll notify you here with news aboutTurn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? 4, 2024, shooting that also left several others wounded at the school about 45 miles (73 kilometers) northeast of Atlanta.He entered the plea without having reached a plea deal with prosecutors. Another teacher and eight more students were wounded, seven of them hit by gunfire.
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ABC NewsLiveVideoLocal NewsShowsGood Morning AmericaShopGMAInterest Successfully AddedWe'll notify you here with news aboutTurn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOnStream onGeorgia school shooter had a chaotic childhood and was fixated on mass killings, psychologist saysA psychologist has testified that a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia had a chaotic, lonely upbringingByKATE BRUMBACK Associated PressJuly 27, 2026, 11:24 AM1:15The teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a 2024 shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School had a chaotic, lonely upbringing and immersed himself in an online community of people interested in mass shootings, a psychologist testified Monday.Colt Gray,…
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