Georgia Teacher Killed Has A Morristown Connection

Ricky Aspinwall, a teacher and former coach at Appalachee High School, was shot and killed in the shooting has a local connection. He was the nephew of Morristown resident Maggie Ostrowski. Maggie posted on social media, “
My nephew Ricky touched so many lives not just on the football field but in his role as a teacher! The tragedy of yesterdays events should not have happened and my heart breaks for his family, for my Sister who lost her only Son, for his Sister who lost her only Brother, for his wife who lost the other half of her
and for his two precious girls they lost the most! If ever someone was made to be a girl Daddy it was Ricky. ” Aspinwall, who who was a Mountain View grad, coached at Mountain View for a decade. He was one of four people —two students and two teachers —killed in a shooting at Apalachee High School on Wednesday morning, his friends and Mountain View officials confirmed Wednesday night. Online posts said Aspinwall was killed in the doorway of his classroom as he attempted to usher students from the hallway inside to safety. A 14-year-old student, allegedly responsible for the tragic shooting, will be tried for murder as an adult, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.