The father of the suspected shooter who opened fire at a Georgia high school, killing two teachers and two students, was arrested and charged Thursday in connection with the attack.
Colin Gray, 54, the father of Colt Gray, was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder, and eight counts of cruelty to children, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Authorities said Colt Gray, 14, was armed with an “an AR-platform style weapon” when he carried out the deadly shooting at Apalachee High School on Wednesday.
Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, and math teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Christina Irimie, 53, were fatally shot. Eight other students and one teacher were injured.
Colt Gray faces four counts of felony murder and “additional charges are expected,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.
The charges come after the Federal Bureau of Investigations revealed that the agency received tips about online threats last year involving Colt Gray. Local authorities interviewed the teen and his father, who said he had hunting guns in the house but that his son did not have unsupervised access to them.
“At that time, there was no probable cause for arrest or to take any additional law enforcement action on the local, state or federal levels,” https://twitter.com/FBIAtlanta/status/1831479818749141244formerly Twitter.
