The 14-year-old suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting yesterday was in custody just six minutes after the school’s safety alert system went off.
Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith told NBC’s Priya Sridhar that the county had invested in a notification system called Centegix last year and implemented it just a week and a half ago. With the system, teachers have a button on their badge they can press in an emergency that sends their GPS coordinates to law enforcement.
“We got multiple notifications as the shooting was going on from the teachers where to respond in that general area,” Smith said.
The school’s school reso
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