Georgia School Shooting: Father of alleged teen gunman arrested. 9 hospitalized to fully recover.

The #Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) announced Thursday evening the #arrest of the suspected #Apalachee High School shooter's father.

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[conniemendeszoon]

Can you imagine FBI comes to your door, because of bad behaving of your child, and than you turn around, and buy him a gun.

[vickyschnorbus]

Parents have to be forced to be parents. That's sad. If this is what it takes, so be it.

[LeannCrowell-kubk]

This is all too sad .My heart goes out to these families 😞 I'm my prayers 🙏

[belindabutcher]

Prayers🙏🥀 going out to the families of the victims, they have ruined😢

[kimmie]

Im so sad for everyone involved. Our church has all of you in our prayers from Oklahoma.

[jackiewest]

Parents need to be held accountable for their children's actions. Thank you Georgia law enforcement!

[katinasnapp]

Heartbreaking for all involved! We all suspected the parents would be arrested after hearing about this disturbing incident. What will it take as a society to keep the children safe!

[Will-sp]

The kid was on t h e i r r a d a r for a year. This could've been prevented. Charge the parents and send the kid to prison for life without the possibility of parole.

[DALDO]

About time to hold the parents accountable...For all serious crimes of their children....👍👍👍

[johndoran]

How can a parent, fully aware of their child’s mental illness, allow them access to a firearm? I’m a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment, I also believe school staff should be able to arm themselves to protect themselves and their students, however, this “father “ is an absolute disgrace as a parent.

[Glowsaphinebaker]

The comments are so different when the suspect isn’t Blk or Latino lol

[tacetrecompense]

They should charge Joey with Hunter’s crimes too then.

[JohnnyWarmanjr]

100% support 2nd amendment! They should both be in prison for the rest of their lives. Prayers for the families of the victims 😢

[Seri-Katil]

Why is the father being charged and not the mother?

[debraalgren]

I don't see or hear anything funny? Hmmmm...🤔

[tommymikey]

Did Mike Tyson bite this guy's ear too??

[wendyjones]

If responsibility is shifted to the father, I hope the son gets a more lenient sentence.