The father of 14-year-old student Colt Gray, the suspect in the Georgia school shooting that occurred on Wednesday, September 4, has been detained.
“In collaboration with District Attorney Brad Smith, the GBI has arrested Colin Gray, 54, in connection with the shooting at Apalachee High School. Colin is Colt Gray’s father,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation stated in a statement on Thursday, September 5.
Colin, according to the agency, has been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder, and eight counts of child maltreatment. His son, Colt, has been charged with four counts of felony murder.
At a press conference Thursday night, authorities stated that Colin’s allegations arise from “Mr. Gray knowingly allowing his son Colt to possess a weapon.”
The shooting on September 4 at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., killed four people: pupils Mason Schermerhorn, 14, and Christian Angulo, 14, as well as teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Christina Irimie, 53. The GBI reported that the four victims’ autopsies were performed on Thursday.
The nine people injured in the incident are expected to make a “full recovery,” according to the press conference.
Colt was interviewed by law authorities in May 2023 regarding alleged threats to commit a school shooting, according to a previous statement from the FBI’s Atlanta Division.
“The father claimed to have hunting rifles in the house, but the subject did not have unsupervised access to them. The subject denied posting the threats online, according to the FBI Atlanta.
While the FBI Atlanta determined that there was no probable cause for an arrest or other law enforcement action, area schools were contacted for “continued monitoring of the subject.”
