Deadly Georgia school shooting that left 4 dead an act of ‘pure evil,’ sheriff says

 A Georgia sheriff called Wednesday's shooting at a high school that left two students and two teachers dead, along with nine others wounded, an act of “pure evil.”

Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith addressed reporters hours after a gunman opened fire at Apalachee High School.

“I never imagined that I would be speaking to the media about in my career over something that happened today. The pure evil that happened today,” Smith said. “My heart hurts for these kids. My heart hurts for this community.”

Colt Gray, 14, a student at the high school, was identified as the shooter. A school resource officer was able to get Gray to surrender moments after opening fire, thus saving lives, authorities said.

The teen was then taken into custody.

Investigators were not sure how Gray brought the weapon on campus and how he obtained it. He was interviewed by authorities, Smith said.

Investigators are still trying to determine if anyone was specially targeted but they were not aware of any known connections between Gray and the victims.

Authorities were “looking into every aspect of that individual, his connection here at the school," said Chris Hosey, the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The Barrow County School System will close all its schools for the remainder of the week, said Dallas LeDuff, the county’s superintendent.

LeDuff said the schools will be closed while the district “cooperates fully with law enforcement" and that grief counseling would be available