Georgia
Text messages show the mom of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colton Gray told a counselor to check on her son.
The comments came from the teen’s dad, who told police in an interview last year that his son was regularly “ridiculed” at school.
Colin Gray was charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder, and cruelty to children, authorities said on Thursday night.
Colin Gray was arrested Thursday for “knowingly allowing his son, Colt, to possess a weapon.”
Colt Gray’s aunt posted on social media about her nephew’s troubled childhood and vowed to stand by him.
A 14-year-old boy was arrested in connection with the deadliest school attack in the state’s history.
The teenage shooting suspect and his father were interviewed by investigators in 2023 after an anonymous tipster alerted federal agents to online threats.