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New FBI audio reveals investigators interviewing suspected college shooter’s father in 2023

The father of Apalachee High School taking pictures suspect Colt Gray has been arrested and charged with homicide, after allegedly shopping for his 14-year-old son an AR-style rifle as a Christmas current.

Colin Gray, 54, faces 4 counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree homicide and eight counts of cruelty to kids, in line with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The arrest got here after suspect Colt Gray allegedly opened fireplace upon college students and employees at the highschool in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday, ensuing within the deaths of two 14-year-old pupils and two math academics.

Colt Gray, whose mugshot was launched by police on Thursday, has been charged with 4 felony counts of homicide and can be tried as an grownup. He is anticipated to look in court docket on Friday morning.

FBI mentioned that it acquired nameless ideas in May 2023 about on-line threats to hold out a college taking pictures, prompting native police to query the teenager suspect. Colt Gray denied being behind the posts throughout an interview with Sheriff’s deputies.

His father, nonetheless, acknowledged there have been unloaded looking rifles that had been accessible to the teenager within the household house, however claimed his son didn’t have unsupervised entry to them.

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Apalachee High School and public college district Barrow County Schools have spoken out following the devastating taking pictures which happened on the Winder, Georgia, establishment on Wednesday.

Headshots of the 4 victims – college students Christian, 14, and Mason Schermerhorn, 14; and academics Cristina Irimie, 53, Richard “Ricky” Aspinwall, 39 – had been the posted on Facebook Thursday night. It marks the varsity’s first social media put up because the assault.

“Richard Aspinwall. Cristina Irimie. Mason Schermerhorn. Christian Angulo. The Barrow County School System and the broader Barrow Community have tragically lost two cherished students and two beloved teachers,” the put up learn. “Right now, we are focusing on those injured, hurting, and grieving while we unite as a community to support one another.”

It continued: “We are here for our students, families, and staff. In Barrow County, we strive to be Barrow BOLD, meaning we ask our students and staff to be courageous in all they do each day. We cannot thank the community and the entire State of Georgia enough for the outpouring of support we have received.”

Barrow County School System wrote the memorial post on Thursday evening
Barrow County School System wrote the memorial put up on Thursday night (Barrow County School System/Facebook )

James Liddell6 September 2024 09:50

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Exclusive particulars: Colt Gray’s aunt ‘eager’ to share potential motives behind Georgia college taking pictures

The aunt of suspected Georgia college shooter Annie Polhamus Brown has lamented the lack of the 4 women and men who misplaced their lives, allegedly by the hands of her nephew Colt Gray.

Brown, who lives in Florida, mentioned that she is “eager” to share her ideas about what may need prompted the taking pictures suspect to allegedly gun down college students and employees at Apalachee High School.

However, “it will not be at this time,” Brown mentioned.

Gray’s motives are nonetheless underneath investigation, authorities mentioned.

James Liddell6 September 2024 09:25

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Watch: Police query Colt Gray and his father about threats in opposition to college in 2023

Police query Colt Gray and his father about threats in opposition to college in 2023

James Liddell6 September 2024 08:59

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James Liddell6 September 2024 08:31

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‘Schools are supposed to be a safe place’: Friends keep in mind beloved academics gunned down in Georgia college

Ricky Aspinwall glided by many titles — soccer coach, math instructor, father, husband, father — and after the Apalachee High School taking pictures, he was tragically given one other: sufferer.

“[This shooting] makes every educator in the country more anxious because schools are supposed to be a safe place,” his greatest pal and fellow educator Nick Bach advised The Independent.

Kelly Rissman6 September 2024 08:00

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Watch: Georgia scholar describes second suspected shooter requested to be let into classroom

Georgia scholar describes second suspected shooter requested to be let into classroom

Katie Hawkinson6 September 2024 06:30

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Georgia gun legal guidelines defined after 4 die at school taking pictures

The taking pictures has prompted scrutiny of Georgia’s gun legal guidelines.

Josh Marcus6 September 2024 05:01

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In photos: Community mourns Apalachee college students, academics

Mourners kneel outside a vigil for the two students and two teachers killed by a gunman at Apalachee High School on Wednesday
Mourners kneel exterior a vigil for the 2 college students and two academics killed by a gunman at Apalachee High School on Wednesday (EPA)
The Winder, Georgia community is mourning those who were killed. Police say the suspected gunman, 14-year-old Colt Gray, will appear in court Friday morning
The Winder, Georgia neighborhood is mourning those that had been killed. Police say the suspected gunman, 14-year-old Colt Gray, will seem in court docket Friday morning (REUTERS)
A man stands near a vigil at Apalachee High School. Gray has been charged with four counts of felony murder following Wednesday’s shooting
A person stands close to a vigil at Apalachee High School. Gray has been charged with 4 counts of felony homicide following Wednesday’s taking pictures (Getty Images)

Katie Hawkinson6 September 2024 03:30

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ICYMI: What the Gray household advised police throughout 2023 taking pictures menace inquiry

In May of 2023, the FBI obtained a tip about on-line threats on the app Discord relating to a faculty taking pictures. It traced the threats to Georgia and forwarded data to the Jackson County Sheriffs’ Office, which interviewed the Gray household.

Colin Gray, the Georgia taking pictures suspect’s father, mentioned he saved looking weapons in the home, however that Colt didn’t have unsupervised entry to them. Colt, in the meantime, denied making the web threats.

“Colt expressed concern that someone is accusing him of threatening to shoot up a school, stating that he would never say such a thing, even in a joking manner,” in line with a police report obtained by The Independent.

Gray additionally advised deputies that “he stopped using Discord because too many people kept hacking his account and he was afraid someone would use his information for nefarious purposes.”

During the interview with the Grays, a deputy overtly mused concerning the stakes of the 2023 investigation, saying, “God forbid” if the web threats was an precise taking pictures, in line with audio of the interview obtained by CNN.

Further investigation of Colt’s Discord web page confirmed he made the account after he mentioned he’d deleted it, and used a Russian username that “spells out the name Lanza, referring to Adam Lanza, who is the perpetrator of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooter in Newton, Conn.,” per the report.

Police notified native faculties and no possible trigger for an arrest was discovered on the time, in line with the FBI.

Read Rhian Lubin’s story for extra data.

Josh Marcus6 September 2024 03:00

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Georgia taking pictures suspect’s aunt reveals new particulars about Gray household

As police proceed to analyze yesterday’s mass taking pictures at a Georgia highschool, a member of the family of Colt Gray is offering new insights into the 14-year-old’s house life.

Annie Polhamus Brown spoke with The Independent about her older sister Marcee Polhamus Gray and Marcee’s estranged husband Colin Gray.

Learn extra in Justin Rohrlich’s full story.

Josh Marcus6 September 2024 02:30


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