The similarities between Wednesday’s deadly shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, and the 2021 shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan are frightening.
In both cases, the firearms used by the teenage shooters were Christmas gifts from their parents.
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Teen accused of killing 4 at Georgia high school and father appear in court
In Oxford, school officials were aware of disturbing drawings made by the 15-year-old including “the thoughts won’t stop, help me” and “blood everywhere.”
In the case in Georgia, law enforcement interviewed the suspect over a year ago when he was 13 about alleged threats to carry out a school shooting, but one officer indicated that the teen “assured” him that he didn’t make any threats.
“The similarities between what is going on in Georgia and what happened here in Oxford are alarming,” said Linda Watson, whose son Aiden survived the Oxford shooting but has had a long road in his recovery. “My heart breaks for the whole community because it feels like it’s on repeat from what happened to us.”