The mother of the teenager accused of shooting and killing two students and two teachers at a Georgia high school on Wednesday called the school that morning and warned a counselor about an “extreme emergency” situation, the Washington Post reports.
Marcy Gray, the mother of the suspected shooter, 14-year-old Colt Gray, said she told counselors to find her son immediately, the newspaper reported. Phone records provided to the Post by a relative show a 10-minute call was made to Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, at 9:50 a.m., about 30 minutes before the attack began.
Gray declined to say why he had to make the call, but told The Post on Saturday that he had informed law enforcement officials. He expressed regret for the “pain and suffering” suffered by the victims and their families.
According to another student, a school administrator went to her son’s math class that morning but was not in the room, the Post reported.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the lead investigating agency, referred questions to the Piedmont Judicial Circuit district attorney’s office, which is prosecuting the case. The office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.
Colt Gray has been charged as an adult with four counts of murder. His father, Collin Gray, has also been charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to children, an emerging legal strategy that holds parents accountable for allowing access to firearms to minors who commit attacks.
Prosecutors say Colin Gray provided the weapon used in the shooting.
In May 2023, investigators from a neighboring county questioned both Colin and Colt Gray about online threats to carry out a school shooting. Colt Gray said he had not made the threats, and his father said his son did not have free access to his hunting rifles.
The case was closed because investigators could not prove Gray had any connection to the threats.
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