It includes the police interrogation of the father and 13-year-old suspect in last year’s shooting during their stay at the residence.
The revelation came after Georgia officials released audio from the 2023 visit to the house of the suspected Georgia high school gunman following an anonymous warning to the FBI about internet threats over “possibly threatening to shoot up a middle school” in a group discussion on messaging service Discord.
The student now accused of felony murder in the shootings of four people at Apalachee High School in Winder on Wednesday was spoken with by sheriff’s deputies face to face in Jackson County, Ga.
In a sprawling investigative report dated May 21, 2023-when suspect Colt Gray was 13 years old-sheriff’s officers detailed their contacts after an FBI tip about a threat to shoot up a middle school over the chat app Discord, which is used by some video gamers.
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And when police questioned Colin Gray’s father, he continued to elaborate on Gray’s upbringing and the charges levied against him, referring to the visit as a “bull—-” and a terrorist threat.
“He’s going through a lot…very difficult for him to go to school and not get picked on,” Colin said.
Colin told the officer that he and Colt’s mom got divorced and that they had been evicted.
“He struggled at first with the separation. I’ve been taking him to school. He goes to Jefferson Middle school. He’s been doing really good,” Colin explained.
The officer acknowledges the severity of the visit and Colin agrees and says that Colt “knows how serious it is, trust me.”
Colin claims he’s been up to the school multiple times, blames it on other kids touching his son and says Colt wanted to move out of the school district.
Colin then claims he keeps getting picked on and talks about the importance of gun safety.
“Let me ask you this – do you have any weapons in the house?” the officer asks.
“I do,” Colin says.
“Are they accessible,” the officer then asks.
“They are…I mean there’s nothing loaded, but they are…we do a lot of shooting, we do a lot of deer hunting. He shot his first deer this year,” Colin says. “like I’m pretty much in shock…I’m pissed off to be honest with you.”
“I’m a little taken back by the whole thing, but I can tell you this, I take that very serious and so does he, as a matter of fact,” Colin says.
“I don’t know anything about him saying s**t like that. And I’m going to be mad as hell if he did, and then all the guns will go away and they won’t be accessible to him,” Colin continues. “You know, I’m trying to be honest. I’m trying to teach him about firearms and safety and how to do it all and get him an interest in the outdoors.”
“Get him away from the video game,” the officer responds.
“Yeah. Exactly. Right. That’s the best. The God honest truth is, the picture on my phone is him with blood on his cheeks when he shoot his first deer. It’s just the greatest day ever,” Colin says. “So sure, he knows the seriousness of weapons and what they can do and how to use them and not use them.”
