Mother of Georgia School Shooter Colt Gray Claims She Warned Staff 30 Minutes Before Tragedy
(Barrow County Sheriff’s Office)
The mother of Colt Gray, the Georgia teenager accused of killing four people in a high school shooting, revealed that she had warned school administrators shortly before the tragic event unfolded. According to The Washington Post.
Marcee Gray informed a school counselor at Apalachee High School approximately 30 minutes before her 14-year-old son allegedly opened fire, killing two students and two teachers. In a message to her sister, Annie Brown, Marcee texted, “I was the one that notified the school counselor at the high school. I told them it was an extreme emergency and for them to go immediately and find [my son] to check on him.”
Gray confirmed to PBS that she had indeed reached out to the school. “I am so, so sorry and cannot fathom the pain and suffering they are going through right now,” she expressed in a message.
Following the alert, students reported that an administrator entered Colt Gray’s math class to check on him, but he was not present. The administrator mistakenly inquired about a student with a similar name and confiscated that student’s backpack instead.
Moments later, authorities say, Gray opened fire, killing 14-year-old students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, as well as teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Christina Irimie, 53. Police responded swiftly and arrested Gray, who surrendered without resistance. The 14-year-old made his first court appearance on Friday but did not enter a plea.
In addition to the charges against Colt, his father, Colin Gray, has been charged with second-degree murder for purchasing the assault-style rifle used in the shooting. The Gray family had been separated since 2023, with Colt living with his father, while his two younger siblings resided with their mother.
A neighbor described Colt’s home life as “absolutely horrible,” and a fellow student noted that Colt fit the “stereotype of a school shooter.” Investigators have since discovered that Colt Gray had shown interest in previous school shootings, including the 2018 Parkland, Florida, shooting and the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut.
