The suspect who allegedly carried out a school shooting in Georgia reportedly said three words to the police after he was arrested.
As previously reported, the tragic incident unfolded on Wednesday morning when Colt Gray, 14, allegedly opened fire inside Apalachee High School at approximately 10:30AM, resulting in the deaths of two students and two teachers.
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The victims have been identified as 14-year-old students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angelo, along with two math teachers, Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie.
A new report by the New York Post has provided insight into Gray’s upbringing, with a former neighbor recounting troubling incidents involving the family.
Lauren Vickers, who lived next door to the Gray family in Jefferson, Georgia, told the outlet about disturbing events she witnessed.
“There were nights where the mom would lock him and his sister out of the house.
“They’d be banging on the back door, just screaming: ‘Mom! Mom!’ and crying. It was absolutely devastating,” Vickers claimed.
Vickers further alleged that Gray’s younger sibling would sometimes come to her yard asking for food.
“No clean clothes, I’m not exaggerating. It was constant abuse. It’s very, very sad,” she added.
Investigators had visited the Gray household in May 2023 after the FBI received tips about online threats Gray had allegedly made regarding a potential school shooting.
At the time, both father and son were interviewed, with Gray denying the threats.
His father told authorities he kept hunting guns at home but assured them Colt didn’t have access to them.
The officers had advised Colin Gray to secure the firearms and suggested keeping his son out of school until the matter was resolved.
However, due to conflicting evidence regarding the online threats, the case was closed, and no arrests were made.
In a report by the New York Post, Gray reportedly confessed to investigators shortly after his arrest, saying: “I did it.”
The chilling admission came during an interrogation following the tragic Wednesday morning shooting, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith told CNN.
Gray, who has been charged with murder and will be tried as an adult, made his first court appearance on Friday.
Following Wednesday’s tragic events, investigators searched Colt Gray’s home and uncovered documents in his bedroom that suggested an obsession with previous school shootings.
Among the material were details related to the 2018 Parkland massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, law enforcement sources told CNN.
It remains unclear what specific aspects of the Parkland shooting Colt had allegedly studied.
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Three chilling words suspected Georgia school shooter, 14, allegedly told police after his arrest
By James Kay
The suspect who allegedly carried out a school shooting in Georgia reportedly said three words to the police after he was arrested.
As previously reported, the tragic incident unfolded on Wednesday morning when Colt Gray, 14, allegedly opened fire inside Apalachee High School at approximately 10:30AM, resulting in the deaths of two students and two teachers.
The victims have been identified as 14-year-old students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angelo, along with two math teachers, Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie.
A new report by the New York Post has provided insight into Gray’s upbringing, with a former neighbor recounting troubling incidents involving the family.
Lauren Vickers, who lived next door to the Gray family in Jefferson, Georgia, told the outlet about disturbing events she witnessed.
“There were nights where the mom would lock him and his sister out of the house.
“They’d be banging on the back door, just screaming: ‘Mom! Mom!’ and crying. It was absolutely devastating,” Vickers claimed.
Vickers further alleged that Gray’s younger sibling would sometimes come to her yard asking for food.
“No clean clothes, I’m not exaggerating. It was constant abuse. It’s very, very sad,” she added.
Investigators had visited the Gray household in May 2023 after the FBI received tips about online threats Gray had allegedly made regarding a potential school shooting.
At the time, both father and son were interviewed, with Gray denying the threats.
His father told authorities he kept hunting guns at home but assured them Colt didn’t have access to them.
The officers had advised Colin Gray to secure the firearms and suggested keeping his son out of school until the matter was resolved.
However, due to conflicting evidence regarding the online threats, the case was closed, and no arrests were made.
In a report by the New York Post, Gray reportedly confessed to investigators shortly after his arrest, saying: “I did it.”
The chilling admission came during an interrogation following the tragic Wednesday morning shooting, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith told CNN.
Gray, who has been charged with murder and will be tried as an adult, made his first court appearance on Friday.
Following Wednesday’s tragic events, investigators searched Colt Gray’s home and uncovered documents in his bedroom that suggested an obsession with previous school shootings.
Among the material were details related to the 2018 Parkland massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, law enforcement sources told CNN.
It remains unclear what specific aspects of the Parkland shooting Colt had allegedly studied.
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Heartbreaking 3-word text 14-year-old school shooting suspect ‘sent his mom minutes before fatal attack’
By Michelle H
The 14-year-old alleged shooter at Apalachee High School reportedly sent his mom a harrowing three-word text just minutes before the attack.
On September 4, police responded to the school following reports of an active shooter.
The victims at the school in Winder, Barrow County included two 14-year-old students, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, and two teachers, Christina Irimie and Richard Aspinwall.
Colt Gray, 14, was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the attack and is expected to be tried as an adult.
Nine others were injured during the shooting. According to CNN, Gray allegedly surrendered when confronted by a school resource officer.
Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith stated that after his arrest, Gray confessed to investigators, saying: “I did it.”
In the aftermath, troubling details about the days and moments leading up to the shooting have come to light. The Washington Post reported that Gray sent a message apologizing to his mother, Marcee, before the shooting, prompting her to urgently call the school.
Charles Polhamus, Gray’s maternal grandfather, told The Post that his daughter was at his house when she received the message, which allegedly said, “I’m sorry, mom.”
Marcee called the school to alert staff of an “extreme emergency” and later told her sister: “I was the one that notified the school counselor at the high school. I told them it was an extreme emergency and for them to go immediately and find [my son] to check on him.”
It was later revealed that the FBI had interviewed Gray in May 2023 following anonymous reports of someone making “online threats to commit a school shooting at an unidentified location and time.”
Gray, interviewed with his father, denied making the threats, and no arrests were made at that time.
The FBI issued a statement saying: “The father stated that he had hunting guns in the house, but the subject did not have unsupervised access to them […] At the time, there was no probable cause for an arrest or to take any additional law enforcement action on the local, state or federal levels.”
Colt Gray’s father, Colin Gray, has also been arrested in connection with the shooting and faces charges including “four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder, and eight counts of cruelty to children,” according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
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Disturbing social media posts of Georgia school shooter’s mom revealed
By Michelle H
The mother of mass school shooter Colt Gray had threatened to kill her estranged husband less than a year before their son killed four people at Apalachee High School in Georgia, DailyMail.com can exclusively report.
Marcee Gray, 43, has a criminal history spanning over 17 years and was jailed as recently as April, according to court records.
The former quality engineer was arrested in Barrow County in November, suspected of possessing methamphetamine, fentanyl, and muscle relaxants.
She also faced charges of aggravated battery, theft by taking, criminal trespass, false imprisonment, and failure to appear in Fitzgerald County in January.
Sources revealed to DailyMail.com that the mother-of-three had ‘threatened to kill her husband’ during one of the incidents.
She also ‘tied up’ her elderly mother, leaving her for 24 hours. The exact reasons behind her actions are unclear, but Marcee Gray had previously posted online about the impacts of substance abuse on a family.
Marcee had shared several concerning posts on Facebook over the years, detailing her struggles with her estranged husband Colin Gray, whom she accused of abuse.
In November 2022, Marcee Gray wrote: “From my husband’s first memory, all he knew was abuse. Severe physical abuse (I’m talking everything from getting a broken arm at age 8 while he was totally asleep to having a barstool crack his skull open…I still rub my fingers across the scar/gouge on his scalp and think to myself ‘How?!
“I can’t even comprehend it!’ ..that is what substance abuse can do. To a mama, a daddy, a spouse, a sibling….you name it and it will reach them.”
That same day, Marcee expressed in another post: “I know it’s hard to understand from the outside looking in. Everyone in my and his family couldn’t understand why I stayed as long as I did.
“Ultimately it was my own decision… I made a commitment to the Lord and my husband. No one but me understands the pain that my husband lives with every single day.
“Every single person in his life has hurt or betrayed him… And I truly believe that the Lord sent me to him because no one else was strong enough to stay by his side through thick and thin. I’m not about to give up on him now… We are just taking a break.”
The following month, Marcee announced on LinkedIn: “Finally separated from my abusive husband of almost 14yrs… Hardest shit I’ve ever done but we’re in good hands.”
In May 2023, she shared: “I packed myself and my babies up and relocated to my hometown in south GA. We are all good and my kids are thriving.”
That same month, police contacted Colin Gray following an FBI tip that Colt Gray had threatened to shoot up his school on Discord.
Colin Gray told police at the time that he had recently separated from Colt’s mother and that ‘she took his younger two’ children.
In December 2023, Marcee Gray pleaded guilty to charges including using a license plate to conceal identity, criminal damage to property in the second degree, and criminal trespass/family violence.
She was prosecuted under Georgia’s First Offender Act, allowing eligible defendants to plead guilty without a conviction.
Court records indicate she was not actually charged with drug possession related to her arrest. An arrest warrant obtained by DailyMail.com detailed that Gray had a glass jar containing methamphetamine, a ‘baggie’ of fentanyl, another ‘baggie’ with muscle relaxants, and a glass pipe used for drug consumption.
She was also found to have concealed the identity of her Nissan Rogue by using a tag meant for a Nissan Kick.
Documents reveal she was sentenced to five years in jail, with the first 46 days in confinement and the remainder on probation.
Conditions of her probation included no contact with her husband except through a third party for matters involving their children or divorce. She was also required to pay $1,500 in restitution, participate in a family violence intervention program, and avoid drugs and alcohol.
Court records also reveal misdemeanor traffic offenses in 2019, 2014, 2008, and 2007.
Earlier charges included driving under the influence of alcohol, resulting in a $600 fine, 12 months probation, and 40 hours of community service. Gray was also sued in 2019 by Nash Chevrolet Company, which claimed she used a $10,000 check as a down payment for a 2018 Chevrolet Suburban, but the check was dishonored.
In February 2020, Gray was ordered to pay over $19,000 to the dealership, including the money owed, interest, attorney fees, and punitive damages.
Meanwhile, her 14-year-old son is charged as an adult with four counts of murder. His father, Colin, also faces charges in connection with the killings, allegedly telling police he bought the gun used in the shooting as a holiday gift for his son.
The teenager is accused of shooting two students and two teachers at the school, with nine others injured.
Reports suggest the teen was obsessed with notorious school shooters, including Parkland, Florida killer Nikolas Cruz.
During a search of the teen’s Georgia home after the attack, police reportedly found evidence of his obsession with mass shootings, particularly the Parkland massacre in 2018, which claimed 17 lives.
Gray was already known to the FBI following several tips in the previous year. In May 2023, Jackson County officers questioned both Gray and his father about a Discord channel allegedly linked to the then-13-year-old that contained school shooting threats.
The Discord account had a username written in Russian, translating to ‘Lanza,’ referencing Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook Elementary shooter, according to officers.
The teen denied making the threats, claiming his Discord had been repeatedly hacked and expressing concern over the accusations.
Colin Gray told investigators his son understands the seriousness of weapons and their proper use and assured them he would be ‘mad as hell’ if the threats were true, stating that ‘all the guns [would] go away.’
The report noted that deputies couldn’t substantiate the tip enough to take further action.
