WINDER, Ga. — Less than 24 hours after a school shooting in Winder, Georgia, Connecticut Sun basketball player Olivia Nelson-Odoba took to social media to show her support for her hometown.
The WNBA player is originally from Winder and attended Winder-Barrow High School, less than eight miles from Apalachee High School, where a 14-year-old boy allegedly opened fire and killed two teachers and two students on Sep. 4.
"never in a million years would i imagined this happening in my hometown," Nelson-Odoba wrote in a post on "X," formerly known as Twitter.
CNN reported that a phone call was placed Wednesday morning that warned there would be shootings, with Apalachee High School being the first target. It's unclear at this time who that phone call was placed by.
The Barrow County Sheriff's Office said the first call came in at 9:30 a.m. about an active shooter.
CNN reported approximately 30 injuries in all, with many of those not requiring hospitalization. The GBI said that nine of those injuries required hospitalizations. Five people took themselves to the hospital reporting "anxiety" or "panic attack" symptoms following the shooting, according to a spokesperson with Northeast Georgia Health System.
Many students who were inside the high school at the time of the shooting reported hearing loud bangs, prompting a terrifying scene for students, staff and their families, who were left wondering whether they would see their children when they showed up at the high school.
