The 14-year-old charged with capturing up a Georgia highschool final week introduced a rifle into the varsity inside his backpack, authorities mentioned.
Colt Grey introduced the gun to Apalachee Excessive Faculty in Winder on his personal on Sept. 4, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) confirmed.
The assault-style rifle couldn’t be damaged down, however Grey hid it in his backpack, authorities added.
“It will have caught out, however he had some issues that made it hid,” Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith instructed WSB-TV Atlanta.
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The suspected shooter was recognized as 14-year-old Colt Grey, a pupil. (The Barrow County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Grey was capable of depart the classroom as a result of he requested a instructor if he might go to the entrance workplace and converse to somebody. The instructor allowed him to go away and take his belongings with him.
“Which was not unusual. He requested to go up entrance and converse to somebody on the entrance, and once you do that you just take your belongings with you,” Smith instructed WSB-TV, “so the instructor allowed him to go away.”
Grey then went to the restroom, the place he hid from academics.
Later, he allegedly took out the rifle and commenced capturing, leaving two college students and two academics lifeless. Seven different victims had gunshot wounds, and two others suffered different accidents, police mentioned.
The victims have been recognized as Richard Aspinwall, 39; Cristina Irimie, 53; and Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, each 14.
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A memorial is seen at Apalachee Excessive Faculty after the varsity capturing on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024 in Winder, Georgia. (AP Photograph/Mike Stewart)
Apalachee Excessive Faculty doesn’t have metallic detectors, GBI mentioned.
The suspect’s mom, Marcee Grey, known as the varsity counselor the morning of the capturing to warn officers a couple of regarding message she had acquired from her son, she mentioned in an interview with ABC Information.
She mentioned the final message she had acquired from her son was, “I’m sorry, Mother,” and that his father had acquired related texts – “I’m sorry” and “You’re to not blame for this.”
Colt Grey, charged as an grownup with 4 counts of homicide, leaves the Barrow County courthouse after his first look for the capturing at Apalachee Excessive Faculty on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 in Winder, Georgia. (AP Photograph/Brynn Anderson, Pool)
Colt Grey has been charged with 4 counts of felony homicide and extra fees are anticipated.
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His father, Colin Grey, 54, is accused of “knowingly permitting” his son to own the weapon he used within the assault, police mentioned. He was charged with two counts of second-degree homicide, 4 counts of involuntary manslaughter and eight counts of cruelty to kids.
