Falcons host the football team from Apalachee High School, where a shooter killed four
The Atlanta Falcons hosted the football team from Apalachee High School a week after a shooting left two students and two teachers dead
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons hosted the football team from Apalachee High School a week after a shooting left two students and two teachers dead.
The high school players watched practice Friday from the sideline at the Falcons' training complex in Flowery Branch.
“I think it’s incredible that you get a chance to see some young kids going through some tough stuff," said Jerry Gray, the Falcons' assistant head coach for defense. “I always look and say, ‘Man, what are they going through?’ They’ve got to go back to the school where it happened.”
Among the victims of the Sept. 4 shooting rampage was a teacher who served as an assistant coach for the Apalachee football team. Nine others were injured. Funerals for two of the victims were being held Saturday. A 14-year-old student has been charged with murder and his father also faces charges for allegedly furnishing his son with a weapon.
