Aunt says her sister texted saying she spoke with school and urged them to ‘immediately’ find her son and check on him
People write messages to the victims of the Apalachee high school shooting on crosses at a memorial at a vigil at Jug Tavern Park in Winder, Georgia, on Friday.People write messages to the victims of the Apalachee high school shooting on crosses at a memorial at a vigil at Jug Tavern Park in Winder, Georgia, on Friday.that her sister, Colt Gray’s mother, texted her saying she spoke with a school counselor and urged them to “immediately” find her son to check on him.
Brown provided screen shots of the text exchange to the newspaper, which also reported that a call log from the family’s shared phone plan showed a call was made to the school about 30 minutes before gunfire is believed to have erupted. Brown confirmed the reporting to the Associated Press on Saturday in text messages but declined to provide further comment.
Colt Gray, 14, has been charged with murder over the killing of two students and two teachers at Apalachee high school in Barrow county, outside Atlanta, on Wednesday. His father, Colin Gray, is accused of second-degree murder for providing his son with an AR15-style rifle.The Georgia teenager had struggled with his parents’ separation and taunting by classmates, his father told a sheriff’s investigator last year when asked whether his son posted an online threat.
Their killings renewed the American public debate about safe storage laws for guns while also prompting parents to ponder how to talk to their children about trauma and school shootings, which occur in the US at a disproportionate rate.
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