Funerals Held for Teen Boy and Math Teacher Killed in Georgia High School Shooting

JEFFERSON, GEORGIA – SEPTEMBER 14: A hearse carrying the casket of Apalachee School shooting victim Mason Schermerhorn enters the Jefferson Civic Center for his memorial service on September 14, 2024 in Jefferson, Georgia. The family requested that attendees wear red, which was his favorite color. Four people were killed and nine others injured by a 14-year-old gunman at Apalachee High School on September 4. School on September 4. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

JEFFERSON, Ga. (AP) — A teenage student and a math teacher are being remembered at funerals that took place 10 days after they were killed in a mass shooting at a Georgia high school. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for 14-year-old Mason Schermerhorn and teacher Cristina Irimie. A large crowd of mourners attended Schermerhorn’s memorial service at a civic center in Jefferson, Georgia. Family and friends gathered to say farewell to Irimie at a funeral home in nearby Buford. They were among four killed Sept. 4 when a gunman opened fire at Apalachee High School in Barrow County outside Atlanta. A 14-year-old student has been charged with murder.