The teenager who killed four people this Wednesday in a shooting at his school in Winder (Georgia, USA) used a rifle and was questioned by the FBI a year ago on suspicion of threats on the Internet about such an event, according to the authorities’ report.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (OIG) has identified the perpetrator of the Apalachee High School shooting as Colt Gray, a 14-year-old studentwho will spend the night in jail after being taken into custody by authorities and will be charged with murder and tried as an adult.
At a news conference, BIG Director Chris Hosey said the suspect used a “semi-automatic rifle” type weapon and that “a lot of evidence” is being recovered and analyzed as part of the investigation, but there is no indication that he had an accomplice or that other schools are at risk.
Hosey identified Gray’s four fatal victims, who There are two 14-year-old students and two teachers.and added that there is no fear for the lives of the nine injured who were taken to hospital. For its part, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) stated in X that the perpetrator of the shooting and his father They were questioned last year after an investigation about online threats about an unspecified school shooting, accompanied by photographs of weapons.
The agency said it received anonymous tips in May 2023 about the threats and that its investigation led to a “13-year-old boy” who “is the same Subject in custody in connection with today’s shooting at Apalachee High School.” The FBI ordered an interview of the suspect by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, but the teen denied any responsibility for the threats, while his father said he continued to hunt for guns in the house. But his son “did not have unsupervised access to them.”
According to the FBIthere was then no “probable cause” for arrest or enforcement action, but the sheriff’s office has alerted local schools to conduct “continuous monitoring” of the young man.
