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Georgia school shooting survivor recalls hiding under a table:
CBS NewsSeptember 4, 2024 (06:00)

Miguel Perichi Orta describes the harrowing moments a gunman opened fired Wednesday morning at Apalachee High School in Georgia. The sophomore student recalls hiding under a table, where he says his thoughts turned to his family and whether he would make it out alive.

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School shootings in the US: Fast facts
CNN, Alex Leeds MatthewsSeptember 5, 2024

There have been at least 45 school shootings in the United States so far this year, as of September 4. Thirteen were on college campuses, and 32 were on K-12 school grounds. The incidents left 23 people dead and at least 62 other victims injured, according to CNN’s analysis of events reported by the Gun Violence Archive, Education Week and Everytown for Gun Safety.

In the first year of the pandemic, when schools were closed, there was a major decline in gun violence incidents on school grounds. Since then, recent years saw a stark increase in school shootings, with 2021, 2022 and 2023 all setting records since at least 2008. There were at least 82 incidents in 2023, but2022 was one of the deadliest years, with 46 fatalities, according to CNN’s analysis. That year saw the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two educators were killed and more than a dozen others were injured.

US school shooting suspect, 14, quizzed about threats last year
BBC News, Max MatzaSeptember 5, 2024

A boy accused of killing four people at his high school in Georgia was interviewed last year by police about anonymous online threats, the FBI has said.

Colt Gray, 14, denied to police in May 2023 he was behind internet posts that contained images of guns, warning of a school shooting.

The suspect opened fire on Wednesday at Apalachee High School in the city of Winder, killing two teachers and two pupils, investigators say. Eight students and one teacher were injured.

He was arrested on campus and will be prosecuted as an adult.

News Wrap: Blinken visits Haiti amid gang violence and political upheaval
PBS NewsHourSeptember 5, 2024 (06:25)

In our news wrap Thursday, Secretary of State Blinken made a rare visit to Haiti, the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the nation since 2015, Ukraine has a new top diplomat amid a broader shake-up of Zelenskyy’s government and FBI agents reportedly searched the homes of at least three top deputies to New York Mayor Eric Adams.

Walz appears at campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania
PBS NewsHour, September 5, 2024 – 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm (ET)
Vance delivers remarks on immigration at campaign event in Phoenix
PBS NewsHour, September 5, 2024 – 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm (ET)

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