Georgia School Shooting Suspect, 14, Was Interv...

The suspect accused of killing four people and injuring several others at a high school in Georgia was interviewed by law enforcement about alleged threats more than a year before the deadly shooting

Published Time: 05.09.2024 - 18:31:23 Modified Time: 05.09.2024 - 18:31:23

The suspect accused of killing four people and injuring several others at a high school in Georgia was interviewed by law enforcement about alleged threats more than a year before the deadly shooting.

The accused shooter, identified as 14-year-old student Colt Gray, allegedly began firing shots at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., in the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 4, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. He was taken into custody after being engaged by a school resource officer, according to the GBI.

In a statement, the FBI's Atlanta Division said that in May 2023 it received anonymous tips regarding online threats, including pictures of guns, to commit a school shooting at an unknown time and location. Those threats led authorities to the then 13-year-old suspect.

"The Jackson County Sheriff's Office located a possible subject, a 13-year-old male, and interviewed him and his father," FBI Atlanta continued in their statement. "The father stated he had hunting gu -

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ns in the house, but the subject did not have unsupervised access to them. The subject denied making the the threats online."

The FBI also said there was no probable cause for an arrest or any further law enforcement action, but local schools were notified for "continued monitoring of the subject."

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The four victims killed in the shooting have been identified by the GBI as students Christian Angulo and Mason Schermerhorn, both 14, and teachers Richard Aspenwall, 39, and Christina Irimie, 53.

Nine others were taken to various hospitals with injuries, according to authorities.

The suspected shooter will be charged with murder, GBI Director Chris Hosey said.

Winder, located in Barrow County, is located around 50 miles outside Atlanta.