美国佐治亚州一高中发生枪击案:4名遇害者的身份已确认,他们是阿帕拉契高中的2名学生和2名教师,此次事件还造成8名学生和1名教师受伤,持枪者为一名14岁的学生。
Families mourn Georgia high school shooting victims.
家属悼念佐治亚州高中
枪击案遇难者
ATHENS, Ga.—A rural Georgia community is mourning the loss of four people who were killed Wednesday after a 14-year-old student opened fire at a high school—sending students and staff rushing to shelter in their classrooms as schools throughout the county went into lockdown.
佐治亚州雅典市——周三,一名14岁的学生在阿帕拉契高中开枪,佐治亚州一农村社区为四名遇难者哀悼,学生和教职员工急忙躲进教室,全县学校都已封锁。
The four victims killed were identified as two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Winder, an Atlanta suburb of 18,300 people. The attack, which also injured eight students and one teacher, sent shock waves through the community.
4名遇害者的身份已确认,他们是阿帕拉契高中的2名学生和2名教师,该校位于亚特兰大郊区人口1.83万的温德县。这次袭击还造成8名学生和1名教师受伤,事件震惊整个社区。
Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey confirmed Wednesday night that 14-year-olds, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, and teachers Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie, were killed in the shooting.
佐治亚州调查局局长克里斯·霍西(Chris Hosey)周三晚上证实,14岁的梅森·舍默霍恩(Mason Schermerhorn)和克里斯蒂安·安古洛(Christian Angulo),以及教师理查德·阿斯平沃尔(Richard Aspinwall)和克里斯蒂娜·伊里米(Christina Irimie)在枪击案中丧生。
Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith called the shooting “pure evil.”
巴罗县警长贾德·史密斯称这次枪击事件“简直十恶不赦”。
“This hits home for me because I was born and raised here,” Smith said at an earlier news conference on Wednesday. “My heart hurts for these kids. My heart hurts for our community, but I want to make it very clear that hate will not prevail in this county. I want that to be very clear and known. Love will prevail over what happened today. I assure you of that.”
史密斯在周三在早间新闻发布会上说:“这对我来说很重要,因为我在这里出生长大。我为这些孩子感到心痛。我为我们的社区感到心痛,但我要明确表示,仇恨不会在我们县盛行,我想让大家明白这一点。爱会战胜今天发生的一切,我向大家保证。”
Hundreds of community members gathered in downtown Winder for a vigil on Wednesday night. Many held candles, bowing their heads down and holding each other as they prayed for the lives lost in the tragic shooting.
周三晚上,数百名社区成员聚集在温德中心守夜。许多人手持蜡烛,低头互相拥抱,为在这场悲剧中丧生的人祈祷。
Here’s what we know so far about the victims:
以下是我们目前了解到的受害者情况:
Mason Schermerhorn, 14
梅森·舍默霍恩,14岁
Schermerhorn was autistic and family members shared photos of him on social media when they couldn’t contact him after the shooting, according to the local television station.
据当地电视台报道,舍默霍恩患有自闭症,家人在枪击案发生后无法与他取得联系,便在社交媒体上发了他的照片。
Friends of Schermerhorn’s family described him as a lighthearted teenager who spent time with his family, reading, telling jokes, playing video games, and visiting Walt Disney World, The New York Times reported.
据《纽约时报》报道,舍默霍恩家人的朋友称他是一个无忧无虑的少年,经常与家人一起阅读、讲笑话、玩电子游戏,还去迪斯尼世界游玩。
Christian Angulo, 14
克里斯蒂安·安古洛,14岁
Angulo was a freshman at Apalachee High School, WAGA-TV reported.
据WAGA-TV报道,安古洛是阿帕拉契的高一新生。
Richard Aspinwall, 39
理查德·阿斯平沃尔,39岁
Aspinwall taught math at Apalachee High School and was the school football team’s defensive coordinator.
阿斯平沃尔曾在阿帕拉契高中教数学,并担任该校橄榄球队的防守协调员。
Christina Irimie, 53
克里斯蒂娜·伊里米,53岁
According to the Barrow County Schools website, Irimie was a math teacher at Apalachee High School.
巴罗县学校网站显示,伊里米曾是阿帕拉契高中的数学老师。
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