Georgia shooting suspect’s mother warned school of ’emergency’, US media reports

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Georgia ********* suspect’s mother warned school of ’emergency’, US media reports

The mother of the suspect in last week’s Georgia ********* contacted his school to warn of an “extreme emergency” and asked them to check on her son the day of the *******, US media reports.

Both the suspect’s mother and grandmother were in contact with the school prior to the *********, according to reports.

Colt Gray, 14, is accused of carrying out a ********* at Apalachee High School that left four people ***** and nine injured. He faces four counts of first-degree *******.

The revelations come after authorities also charged the suspect’s father, Colin Gray, with second degree *******, manslaughter, and child cruelty.

Officials accuse him of allowing his son to possess an AR-15 style rifle.

Both father and son appeared in court on Friday but neither entered a plea.

The Washington Post

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sent by the boy’s mother, Marcee Gray, to her sister, explaining that she had asked school officials to check on her son the morning of the *********.

“I was the one that notified the school counsellor at the high school,” Ms Gray wrote.

“I told them it was an extreme emergency and for them to go immediately and find [my son] to check on him.”

It is not clear what caused her to contact the school.

The suspect’s aunt, Annie Brown, provided the text messages and call logs to the Post. The suspect’s mother later confirmed the records to the newspaper.

Ms Brown also confirmed the text exchanges to other US media outlets.

The phone records show Ms Gray called the school about a half an hour before the ********* began.

According to the Post, there appears to have been some confusion when a school administrator went to look the boy, as another child had a similar name.

Separately, Charlie Polhamus, Colt Gray’s grandfather, told

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, the BBC’s US partner, that the boy’s grandmother had spoken with school officials that week.

“My wife had gone up there…the day before and met with the teachers to get him some, they were having some problems with him not going to school, and this kind of thing,” he said.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is handling the case, did not immediately return a request for comment.

The Barrow County School System has also not commented to media on the reports.

Colt Gray is accused of ********* and ******** two 14-year-olds, Mason Schermerhorn and ********** Angulo, and teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53.

In the months leading up to the *********, he had faced mental health struggles and difficulties at home, Ms Brown told the Washington Post.

The FBI also said that police interviewed the boy in May 2023 about anonymous online threats to commit a school *********. He denied to police he was behind them.

Vigils have been held to vigils to commemorate the victims and mourners have created a memorial of flowers, candles, and balloons outside Apalachee High School.

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