This Photo Does Not Depict the Shooter of Apalachee High School

Misbar investigated the viral claim and found it to be misleading. The photo does not depict the shooter at Apalachee High School.

An Illustrative Image Taken From an Online Course

After conducting a thorough reverse image search, Misbar’s team found that the image had no relation to the shooter at Apalachee High School or the incident at all.

The image is taken from a PDF document found online by a safety company called Reflex Protect, which provides a non-lethal self-defense spray and violence response training for use at home and in the workplace.

On the company’s site, a PDF course document is available. The course provides tactics for facing an active shooter.

An illustrative photo of a shooter was taken from the document and used to spread misinformation. The photo in question is on page 15 and illustrates how a shooter may be dressed.

The shooter at Apalachee High School has already been identified, and his photos have been shared by several news outlets.

A 14-Year-Old Student Shoots at Georgia High School

Four people were killed and eight students and a teacher were wounded in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on September 4.

The shooter was identified as a 14-year-old student named Colt Gray. Both Gray and his father have been put on trial for the incident.

According to the judge handling the case, the maximum penalty for Gray is life in prison with or without parole, considering his young age. However, his father, Colin Gray, could face up to 180 years in prison.

Colt Gray is slated to be held at the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice until he turns 17, despite his case being moved to the adult system.

The Apalachee High School shooting was the 45th school shooting of 2024 and the deadliest U.S. school shooting since the March 2023 massacre at The Covenant School in Nashville, in which six people died.

Mass Shootings in the U.S.

More than 385 mass shootings have occurred in the U.S. in 2024, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The shootings included in this number are those in which four or more people were killed or injured and also include incidents that happened in homes or public places.

Approximately 390 million guns were estimated to be in circulation in the U.S. in 2018, according to the latest figures from the Small Arms Survey. This number has grown significantly over the last few years.

According to a recent study, 7.5 million U.S. adults became new gun owners between January 2019 and April 2021.

Some states in the U.S. do not impose any limitations on who can carry a gun. In Texas, for example, people can carry handguns without a license or training.

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