Friday night football returns to Apalachee High after shooting [Video]

WINDER, Ga. — The Apalachee High School football team played at home for the first time since a shooting inside the high school left two students and two teachers, one a football coach, dead. 

As students, staff, parents, and community members poured into the stadium Friday night, people said it was a step toward healing. 

“It’s Friday night in Georgia. Really, football is what we do. And it’s been a couple weeks since we’ve had a home football game,” said Omeed Behzadi, who’s a teacher and girls’ soccer coach at the high school. 

Behzadi said it was a “beautiful sight” to see the stands fill up with people coming to support the team and the school. 

“It’s our community coming together like …