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Four people were killed and nine injured in a shooting at a Georgia school on Wednesday morning.

The shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, claimed the lives of two students and two teachers. Eight students and one teacher were also treated for injuries.

Following the shooting, there was a surge in support across the country.

As of Sept. 5, multiple fundraising campaigns on GoFundMe have raised more than $100,000. GoFundMe has also set up a portal for verified accounts related to the shooting.

The statement reads in part: “On September 4, 2024, multiple lives were lost and many were injured in the shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. The GoFundMe community is coming together to support those affected. Donate to verified fundraisers today to help the individuals and families affected.”

According to GoFundMe, the statement says the company’s trust and safety team will update the site as it reviews additional fundraisers.

USA TODAY has reached out to GoFundMe for further comment.

Full timeline of events: How the Apalachee High School Shooting in Georgia Happened

Georgia school shooting details

Calls about the shooting at Apalachee High School began coming in to law enforcement around 10:20 a.m., Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said Wednesday morning.

The victims were: Mason Schermerhorn (14 years old), Christian Angulo (14 years old), Richard Aspinwall (39 years old) and Christina Irimie (53 years old).

The suspected shooter, a 14-year-old student, was arrested and charged with murder, according to the GBI. Authorities said he will be prosecuted as an adult.

All schools in Barrow County were closed as a “precautionary measure” Wednesday morning around 11:30 a.m. ET, the sheriff’s office said.

Barrow County Schools Superintendent Dallas LeDuff said late Wednesday afternoon that schools will be closed through the end of the week and that crisis counseling will be available.

Apalachee is one of two high schools in the Barrow County School System. It has about 1,900 students in a rural town of 18,300 residents. Winder is about 30 miles from Athens, Georgia.

Wednesday’s mass killing is the 604th mass killing in the U.S. since 2006 in which at least four people are killed, according to a database from USA TODAY, the Associated Press and Northeastern University. The database tracked 3,120 mass killing fatalities in the United States over an 18-year period.

A community in mourning

Georgian authorities continue to monitor the situation.

“I have directed all available state resources to respond to the incident at Apalachee High School, and I call on all Georgians to join my family in praying for the safety of students in our classrooms, both in Barrow County and across the state,” Gov. Brian Kemp said Wednesday.

“Leigh Ann and I are praying for the victims, their families and all the students at Apalachee High School in Barrow County,” U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, who represents Barrow County, Georgia, where the school is located, said in a statement. “We are grateful to law enforcement for their quick action to secure the school and arrest the shooter.”

On Wednesday evening, Winder residents gathered for a vigil to honour the victims.

“Love will triumph over what happened today,” said County Commissioner Alex Ward.

Jeanine Santucci, Minnah Ashad, Jonathan Limehouse, Wayne Ford, Michael Loria, Ryne Dennis, Chloe Kim and Vanessa Countryman contributed to this report.

Max Hauptman is a Trending Reporter for USA TODAY. He can be reached at [email protected]

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