The mother of Colt Gray, the 14-year-old suspect in last week’s Georgia school shooting, had contacted his school to warn of an “extreme emergency” just before the attack, according to US media reports. Both Gray’s mother, Marcee Gray, and his grandmother reached out to school officials at Apalachee High School on the day of the shooting, urging them to check on him.
Colt Gray is accused of carrying out a shooting that left four people dead and nine others injured. He faces four counts of first-degree murder, while his father, Colin Gray, has been charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, and child cruelty for allegedly allowing his son to possess an AR-15 style rifle. Neither has entered a plea.
Text messages obtained by The Washington Post revealed that Marcee Gray contacted the school counselor on the morning of the shooting. In her message to her sister, she explained: “I told them it was an extreme emergency and for them to go immediately and find [my son] to check on him.” It is reported that Ms. Gray reached out to the school after her son sent her a cryptic text saying, “I’m sorry.”
Phone records indicate that Ms. Gray called the school about half an hour before the shooting began, though confusion may have arisen as administrators mistakenly checked on a student with a similar name.
The tragedy has raised questions about the role of the suspect’s father and the family’s attempts to intervene, as investigations into the shooting continue.
Melissa Enoch
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