The shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia shook the United States this week with the tragic death toll of four people (two 14-year-old students and two teachers). The suspect identified as the shooter was a student from the same institution, named Colt Gray, also 14 years old.
The assailant opened fire at the school, advancing while looking for more victims. Something shocking about the case is that the young man had been investigated by the FBI in 2023 for threats of school shootings. Following the attack at Apalachee High School, not only was he arrested on four counts of first-degree murder, but also his father, Colin Gray, 54 years old, who was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder, and eight counts of cruelty to children, as he had gifted the gun used in the attack.
The Mirror published the last words the teenager said after being arrested for the shooting in Georgia. The mentioned media outlet reported that the minor continued speaking after authorities read him his rights and that his last words were: "I did it."
About his father, it is said that he confessed to having given him the gun as a gift on vacation. He is being blamed for knowing that his son had guns without supervision.
School shooter in Georgia "was obsessed with shootings"
Colt Gray had already been investigated in 2023 for making threats through Discord about school shootings, but at that time the police stated that there was not enough evidence for him to be detained.
The aforementioned media outlet states that after the shooting at the Georgia school, officers searched Gray's room and found items that indicated the boy was "obsessed with school shootings".
Gray has just enrolled at Apalachee High School in Georgia and next Wednesday would be his first day.
CNN reported that Gray will be under custody at the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice until he turns 17. According to the law in this state, youths between 13 and 17 years old who commit serious crimes will be tried as adults.