The mother of a 14-year-old warned a Georgia school of an emergency. She called a school counselor half an hour before a mass shooting.

What did she say and why wasn't enough for authorities to stop the gunmen?

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We've learned new details about the mother of the alleged gunman in last week's school shooting in Winder, Georgia. That's where four people were killed and nine others were injured.

Yeah, the mother called the school the morning of the attack to warn administrators about her son. Appalachee High School will remain closed while the investigation continues.

With us now is Chase McGee of Georgia Public Broadcasting. Chase, what can you tell us about the phone call the alleged shooter's mother made.

Yeah. Marcy gray is the mother of the alleged 14-year-old gunman Colt. Text messages surfaced over the weekend about conversations that she had had with her sister, Colt's aunt, about a phone call she made to the high school, and she was worried about her son. She'd apparently received some alarming messages from him that morning. She called a school counselor and spoke to that person for 10 minutes, about 30 minutes before the shooting started. Administrators seemed to take that call seriously. We know someone went to go to a classroom where he was supposed to be, but he wasn't there. Then the school administrator leaves. It's not much later that the alleged government tried to enter that classroom but was prevented because there was a locked door in between him and the class.

Okay, so administrators did act. Did they do enough, though, to react?

Yeah, I'll say since these text messages have come to light, the school district and other educators have referred questions to authorities. But We know from witnesses inside the school that the school might not have ordered a lockdown as quickly as they could have. There was also some confusion because there was another student with a similar name who happened to be in that same algebra class but wasn't there when the administrator came in after the phone call with the suspect's mother. I'll say there's still a lot of unanswered questions. We're hoping this next week will give us some clarity as the investigation moves forward.

On that investigation, where did things stand?

Last Friday, we saw the alleged gunman appear in court along with his father. The son is charged with murder and will be tried as an adult. He is 14 years old, and the maximum sentence for him would be life in prison. Like I mentioned, the boy's father also had his day in court. He was arrested Thursday night, the day after the shootings. He's being charged with murder because he bought the gun for his son that was allegedly used in those shootings, and they're both currently being held in state custody. We're expecting to hear that they'll have new legal counsel representing them soon. Their next court appearance isn't until early December, and we're waiting to hear more from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. They're leading up the investigation on this case.

It's been five days since the shooting. How are people doing there?

Well, I'll say it's really tough. One thing we heard from people right after the shooting is that this isn't the thing that happens in Winder, and we've heard that after mass shootings across the US. There's been a number of vigils, and yesterday we saw church sermons where pastors reflected on the difficult moments in the immediate aftermath, but also the really difficult couple of weeks to come. In Winder, the state is opening what's called a Community Recovery Center today. People can go there for spiritual and mental health care. There will be representatives from several faith-based organizations. But the wounds of what happened are running really deep. It's not just for people who were inside the school, it's the hundreds or thousands of others traumatized by what happened this past week.

Georgia Public Broadcasting's Chase McGee. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

The candidate who is widely believed to have won the July presidential election in Venezuela is no longer in the country.

Edmundo González was facing arrest for challenging the results of that election defying authorities. Instead of being arrested, he flew to Spain over the weekend, where he has been granted political asylum.

Reporter John Otis has been covering the story. He joins us now. John González appeared to have won the election by a landslide, but instead of moving into the palace, he fled to Spain. So what happened?

Yeah, it's quite a twist. Most electoral observers believe González won the July '28 election. In fact, the opposition published voter tally sheets showing González leading President Nicolás Maduro by a two to one margin. The problem is that Maduro controls all branches of power in Venezuela and is backed by the military. He could also face arrest overseas for drug trafficking and other crimes if he were to actually step down. Maduro simply declared that he won the election, and then he launched a brutal crackdown on the opposition. His regime has now jailed more than 2,000 people, and they were about to arrest González, who hid out in the Spanish Embassy in Caracas.

How did he manage to get out?

Well, there were a lot of behind-the-scenes negotiations. Then over the weekend, the Maduro regime came out with a statement saying González could leave the country. Then along with his His wife, he boarded a Spanish military aircraft and flew to Madrid. Once there, he released this brief message to his followers. Here, González is saying, My departure from Caracas was surrounded by acts of pressure, coercion, and threats. I trust that we will soon continue our fight for freedom and the restoration of Venezuelan democracy.

How can he do if he's now in exile?

Yeah, I mean, that's a good question. González joins an ever-expanding group of exiled Venezuelans who've gone to Spain. That includes four previous presidential hopefuls. But once politicians leave, it usually means that they're gone for good. It's starting to resemble Cuba's exile community that's based in Miami but has really very little political influence on the island. In the end, the Maduro regime, it may be that They're quite pleased that González is no longer inside of Venezuela.

But is there anyone left inside Venezuela that maybe can fight for democracy?

There is. There's still María Corina Machado. Remember, she was going to be the opposition presidential candidate, but she was banned from running and selected González as her last minute stand-in. Machado has gone into hiding, but she's also been making some dramatic appearances at opposition rallies. However, However, at this point, the opposition really is up against a wall. They were hoping the US and other countries would recognize González as Venezuela's new president-elect, but now that seems out of the question, now that he's out of the country.

It seems like that all adds up to Maduro being around for a while.

Yeah, that's exactly what it does look like. Despite his dismal showing at the polls, Maduro is insisting that he won another six-year term, and that's on on top of his ruling party already controlling Venezuela for the past quarter century.

That's John Otis, who's been reporting on Venezuela for us. John, thank you.

Thanks.

Hours before kickoff on the first Sunday of the NFL season, police detained a star wide receiver, not far from Miami's Hard Rock Stadium. Tyree Kahlo, the Dolphins, was released in time to play in yesterday's game, but the incident unsettled him and players across the league. Npr Sports Correspondent, Becky Sullivan is now here. Becky, what happened?

Yes. So videos on social media appear to show the receiver being detained by cops next to his car, like a luxury sports car. So you can see Four officers surrounding him. In one video, you can see an officer that's seeming to... The view is blocked, but you can see the officer shoving or kicking him. In another video, you could see an officer kneeling on his back as they put him in handcuffs. Hill appears to be calm and still throughout the videos. It's unclear exactly what prompted the encounter besides that he was pulled over for a traffic incident. Reportedly, he was cited for reckless driving, but certainly no explanation as for why he was handled so physically. Hill was on his way to the stadium for Sunday's game between the Miami Dolphins and the Jacksonville Jaguars. And so his teammates were also on the way to the game. And at least one, the defensive lineman, Kaleas Campbell, stopped to try to de-escalate the situation. And he also said that he was handcuffed and cited with disobeying a police order. So just a chaotic situation for sure.

Yeah, really unsettling way to begin a game day. So what did Hill and the Miami Dade official say afterwards?

Well, I should say the players were released in time to play, which the incident didn't seem to affect Hill at all. In fact, he scored this pretty flashy TD, and to celebrate. He had a teammate pretend to arrest him. But afterward, he talked to reporters and he asked, what would have happened if he hadn't been a star for the football team?

I don't want to bring it racing to it, but sometimes it gets iffy when you do. You feel me?

So What if I wasn't Tyreek here? Laura knows what that guy or guys would have did.

To ask for the police, Miami Dade Police Director Stephanie Daniel said the department has placed one officer on administrative leave, and then just overall, the incident is under investigation.

So this reminds me of what happened with golfer Scottie Scheffler. Definitely. Not that long ago, right?

Definitely, yeah. That was back in May. He was arrested by Louisville police outside a golf tournament that was being held there. So Scheffler was booked, faced four criminal charges, ended up going on to play in the golf that day. The charges were ultimately dropped a couple of weeks later. He did not end up with his face on the pavement like Hill did yesterday. A big difference, of course, being that Scottie Scheffler is white, Tyreek Hill is black. Hill's agent says he will seek legal recourse for what happened yesterday. And of course, we'll wait to find out whether there's any body camera footage or whatever else the Miami Dade police can find as they investigate.

All right. Another question off the field. Dallas Cowboys' quarterback, Dak Prescott, signed a new contract, $60 million a year. I I realize, quarterback is probably the most important position in any team sport anywhere, but 60 million.

Yeah. The other thing is that $60 million is almost all of it is guaranteed, which means if he gets hurt or if he just doesn't play very well, he'll still get paid. It's an astonishing amount of money. So to give you a sense, the salary cap for an entire NFL team is about $255 million. That's got to pay 53 players. So to spend almost a quarter of that on one guy, on one hand, that's wild. But on the other hand, as you say, we're in this era now at the NFL, where a quality quarterback is just simply the most important piece of any team. You just can't contend with a Super Bowl without one. And so when you're Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs, a contract like that is worth it, no question. Where the question comes in for Cowboys fans is whether Dak is So statistically, he's quite a good quarterback, but he just doesn't do well in the playoffs. He's led the Cowboys to the playoffs five seasons, but has only won two games. So was that enough to commit some big money to him, or would it have been better to walk away?

The Cowboys chose the former.

That's NPR's Becky Sol And Becky, thanks. Thanks. And that's up first for Monday, September ninth, Emmy Martinez.

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