Georgia school shooting: GoFundMe for victim Richard Aspinwall raises whopping $394,234

A GoFundMe set up for Richard Aspinwall, one of the victims of the Georgia school shooting, has raised a whopping $394,234 of the $425,000 goal in just three days.

Aspinwall died along with math teacher Christina Irimie, and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, when 14-year-old Colt Gray opened fire at Apalachee High School on Wednesday morning, September 4. Nine others were injured.

Aspinwall, 39, was a math teacher at the school, and also an assistant football coach for the Apalachee Wildcats. He was the team's defensive coordinator and was hired in 2023.

The Rome native previously worked at Mountain View High School in Lawrenceville, and also taught at Dunwoody High School.

Among many who shared the GoFundMe was Katie Phenix, the daughter of David Phenix, who is one of the survivors of the shooting. David, a special education math teacher, was shot in the foot and hip, resulting in his hip bone getting shattered, his daughter revealed.

Gray is in custody and will reportedly be charged with murder as an adult, according to Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey. He used an AR-15 style rifle to carry out the shooting.