Sheriff’s Office Gets Ready of Dynamic Shooter:-
Up to the platform. For what reason don’t we go there the present moment? The Barre County Sheriff’s Office received radio traffic alerts from school resource officers about the same or similar concerns and active shooter reports around 10:20 this morning.
Law Enforcement Quick Response:-
Law enforcement was on scene as well as two school resource officers assigned here to the school who immediately encountered the subject within just minutes of this report going out.The subject immediately surrendered to the officers when they encountered him, and he was taken into custody. Additionally, I would like to inform you that this incident has resulted in the deaths of four individuals as of this moment.
Victims and Casualties:-
Nine that have been taken to local hospitals with various injuries. Two of the deceased were students and two of the deceased were teachers at the school. Given that this is a murder investigation, gathering all the relevant information to ensure accuracy is our top priority right now.
Shooter in Custody:-
As the sheriff mentioned earlier this morning, the shooter is in custody. His name is Colt, that’s Colt Gray. He is a 14 year old understudy here at the school Dark. He is a 14 year old understudy here at the secondary school. Again, he has been taken into custody.He is, and he will face murder charges, be tried as an adult, and be treated as such.
Investigation Ongoing:-
We’re coordinating these charges and o obviously this investigation with district attorney, Brad Smith, who is the district attorney for the Piedmont Judicial cir uh circuit here since early this morning, we talked, we since the that occurred, numerous interviews have been taking place through our investigation with students, faculty, uh as well as any other witnesses that we could identify law enforcement had a very, very swift response to this incident.
Community Support:-
Once the, the incident was, was determined that there was a concern here, those resources, whether it was in that response or throughout this investigation to assist came obviously from the sheriff’s office here from uh other local law enforcement agencies, state law enforcement agencies and the uh federal law enforcement agencies as well.
Emotional Impact on the Community:-
Uh to include not to be left out multiple ems personnel, multiple fire personnel, uh and agencies. Those agencies responded here as well today. And I am extremely grateful as I know the sheriff is for that quick response and the partnerships are working here together uh with what all is going on currently.
From the investigative perspective, we have crime scene agents and, and other special agents from the GB I from close to a dozen of our different uh work units from across the state uh that have responded here today to work on this investigation again, collecting evidence, conducting interviews and so forth.I do want to let everyone know that if they have any information about this investigation that they would like to share, they can do so anonymously by calling our tip line at 1 805 97 tips or 1 805 978477.
Hate Will Not Prevail:-
They can also report this on uh by downloading the see something, send something out that can be done by Android or Apple phones. Either one uh to if they need to report any uh any uh tips concerning this investigation. Uh Let me close out before I turn over the sheriff and, and let you just remind you that this is still a very active investigation.
There is still a lot that is very fluid conducted uh that will continue on into the night as well as as crime scene work and collecting and, and gathering evidence.That were here today uh regardless of, of where they were in the school, this has got a great impact uh on them as well as on this community.
Uh, my prayers and thoughts are with everyone. I’ll tell you about every law enforcement agency in this state and many more standing behind me. Uh, they are in our viewpoints and petitions and we will go on with that.
School Conclusion and Sadness Advising:-
I can’t thank individuals behind me for the help. This really speaks to me. Here I was born and raised. I went to class in the educational system. My children attend public schools. This educational system makes me happy. I feel sorry for these children. While I feel sorry for our community, I want to make it abundantly clear that this county will not be a place where hatred reigns.
However, even though we will be closed, our central offices will continue to be open. However, we will provide grief counseling to our community every day this week and thereafter to help them cope with this terrible event.
All things considered, I just want to share with our local area as an educational system, we are hanging around for you, we support you and we are prepared to, to get you any help that you might require as we lament through this together. Sheriff, I appreciate it. On the off chance that you’re saying disdain won’t win locally, would you say you are exploring this as a disdain wrongdoing of some kind? Well, in a moment if someone decides to bring a firearm into a school where children are entitled to an education and want to cause harm to others.
Investigation into a Potential Hate Crime:-
The sheriff is a person I find to be hateful. Might you at any point discuss the principal cooperation that occurred between individuals who had the option to stop the shooter? Might you at any point inform us seriously regarding that? Do you have any idea about how the weapon entered the school, Sheriff?
Was there any advance notice that this planned to occur? Not that I recall from very early on, and we are still investigating whether or not he obtained it from the school sheriff or his family in order to learn more about the circumstances surrounding these events. If we have any information, we can see that you appear to have a significant Hispanic population.
Have you had the option to speak with individuals in their language to ensure that everyone understands what’s going on. Sir, yes. I have the school, the school and our office has uh individuals that talk in Spanish and they have addressed those people also. Indeed, talking with the law. Presently, Please accept my apologies, is the shooter talking? Also, would he say he is saying why the shooter was consulted? And he is, he was speaking early earlier with our investigators and the GB I, and it is, it is helping our investigation threatens to none of the nine injured victims that I am aware of were shot in some way. Sir, yes. What happened to the two people who died, and was one of them targeted? At this point, we do not know of any targets? What kind of weapon did they use? We aren’t. As of now I, we have not distinguished that. No, this is the final question I’ll ask.
Is there an association between the shooter and the people in question? I don’t know of any students here. I am aware that you have numerous inquiries regarding the student, and as we previously mentioned, this is a component of our investigation in which we are examining every aspect of that individual and his connection to the school.
Shooter’s Acquiescence:-
Uh Clearly, as I referenced prior, he was an understudy here. Therefore, as part of our investigation, we are examining all current and past circumstances involving that individual. Could you tell us how many shots the shooter fired? The shooter is a student. Yes, we do not know the number of rounds the director has held in the past. The information we have is as follows: The investigation is ongoing.
Support from State and Government Specialists:-
I guarantee you, we will, we really do want to return over here in several hours. Please ensure that you are adhering to the GB X page. We are going to place the updates there. We will ensure that we share any newly discovered information. Researchers still have a lot of work to do because this is still very early.