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JSul3 · 70-79
Colt Gray, 14, identified as suspect in Apalachee High School shooting: What we know
Portrait of Christopher CannChristopher Cann
USA TODAY
A 14-year-old is accused of carrying out the deadliest school shooting this year, killing four people and injuring nine others at a high school in Georgia, authorities said.
Police say the suspected shooter, Colt Gray, opened fire Wednesday morning at Apalachee High School in Winder, a rural town about an hour northeast of Atlanta with a population just under 20,000. Law enforcement arrived within minutes and confronted the teen, who surrendered and was soon taken into custody, officials said, adding that he will be charged with murder and prosecuted as an adult.
Two students and two teachers were killed in the shooting: Mason Schermerhorn, 14, Christian Angulo, 14, Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Christina Irimie, 53.
The shooter used an AR-style weapon, according Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey, who said authorities are investigating how the gun was obtained. Last year, local law enforcement spoke with Gray and his father about online threats to commit a school shooting. There was no probable cause for arrest at the time, officials said.
Here's what we know so far about the alleged gunman:
Accused gunman questioned about school shooting threats made online, FBI says.
The teen was previously on the radar of law enforcement after he was tied to several online threats reported anonymously to the FBI last year, the federal agency said Wednesday.
In May 2023, the FBI's National Threat Operations Center was notified about online threats to commit a school shooting at an unidentified location, federal agents posted on X. The threats contained images of guns and the FBI determined that the posts originated in Georgia, specifically in Jackson County.
The FBI turned over the evidence to the Jackson County Sheriff's office, which interviewed Gray, who was 13 at the time, and his father, who said that he had hunting guns in the house but that his son did not have access to them. There was no probable cause at the time for an arrest or additional law enforcement action, the post said.
Jackson County law enforcement passed on information to local schools. It's unclear whether schools in Barrow County, including Apalachee High School, were made aware of the threats and law enforcement's previous interaction with Gray.
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How did he get an AR into the school?
Portrait of Christopher CannChristopher Cann
USA TODAY
A 14-year-old is accused of carrying out the deadliest school shooting this year, killing four people and injuring nine others at a high school in Georgia, authorities said.
Police say the suspected shooter, Colt Gray, opened fire Wednesday morning at Apalachee High School in Winder, a rural town about an hour northeast of Atlanta with a population just under 20,000. Law enforcement arrived within minutes and confronted the teen, who surrendered and was soon taken into custody, officials said, adding that he will be charged with murder and prosecuted as an adult.
Two students and two teachers were killed in the shooting: Mason Schermerhorn, 14, Christian Angulo, 14, Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Christina Irimie, 53.
The shooter used an AR-style weapon, according Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey, who said authorities are investigating how the gun was obtained. Last year, local law enforcement spoke with Gray and his father about online threats to commit a school shooting. There was no probable cause for arrest at the time, officials said.
Here's what we know so far about the alleged gunman:
Accused gunman questioned about school shooting threats made online, FBI says.
The teen was previously on the radar of law enforcement after he was tied to several online threats reported anonymously to the FBI last year, the federal agency said Wednesday.
In May 2023, the FBI's National Threat Operations Center was notified about online threats to commit a school shooting at an unidentified location, federal agents posted on X. The threats contained images of guns and the FBI determined that the posts originated in Georgia, specifically in Jackson County.
The FBI turned over the evidence to the Jackson County Sheriff's office, which interviewed Gray, who was 13 at the time, and his father, who said that he had hunting guns in the house but that his son did not have access to them. There was no probable cause at the time for an arrest or additional law enforcement action, the post said.
Jackson County law enforcement passed on information to local schools. It's unclear whether schools in Barrow County, including Apalachee High School, were made aware of the threats and law enforcement's previous interaction with Gray.
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How did he get an AR into the school?
@trollslayer Seems like his father lied about the kid not having access.
trollslayer · 46-50, M
@NativePortlander1970 Obviously.
@trollslayer It used to be standard procedure to remove all weapons from the home after such threats were made in the past, the police department that failed to do this has blood on their hands, this has become too frequent of an occurance concerning other threats before this one.