Mug shot of Colt Gray, suspected school shooter
The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office has released the mug shot of 14-year-old Colt Gray, who is accused of opening fire inside Apalachee High School in Winder on Wednesday, killing two teachers, two students, and injuring at least nine others. He is being charged with four counts of felony murder.
BARROW COUNTY, Ga. – A hearing has been scheduled for the 14-year-old accused of killing 4 people and injuring 9 others during a mass shooting on Wednesday at Apalachee High School just outside Winder in Barrow County.
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Gray was moved to the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center overnight. He will be tried and arraigned as an adult. He is being charged with four counts of felony murder.
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Community rallies behind Apalachee High shooting victims
Community members are mourning the loss of two 14-year-old students and two teachers killed in a mass shooting Wednesday at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. The suspect, 14-year-old Colt Gray, was taken into custody and will be tried as an adult on murder charges. He has a bond hearing set. It’s still unclear at this time why the teen opened fire. FOX 5’s Eric Perry has the story.
Colt Gray will make his first appearance at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 6. The hearing will be held virtually.
Gray was interviewed by law enforcement immediately after the shooting. A motive for the shooting has not been released at this time.
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Students and faculty as well as community members gather for a vigil after a shooting at Apalachee High School on Sept. 4, 2024 in Winder, Georgia. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)
What happened
According to the GBI, the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office began receiving calls at around 10:20 a.m. Officers responded to the high school within minutes and almost immediately encountered the suspected shooter, who dropped his weapon and surrendered.
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Students and staff were evacuated from the high school and made to wait on the school’s football field until the school could be cleared. At around 11:30 a.m., it was announced that the school was safe and students were released to their families or transported home on buses.
Authorities say that Gray used an “AR-platform style weapon” during the shooting.
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The FBI and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office revealed Gray was on their radar about 16 months ago, and was questioned about reported posts on an online gaming site threatening to shoot up a school. The FBI, in a joint release with JCSO, stated there was not enough evidence to charge Gray.
Colt Gray’s home raided
Within hours of Wednesday’s shooting at Apalachee High School, law enforcement from state and federal agencies swarmed the home of the suspected shooter, Colt Gray. Investigators from the GBI, ATF, FBI and other agencies were on the scene well into the evening, searching the home for evidence.
“The police presence and the SWAT, they were flying down the road. I know 50 cars plus, just coming fast, jumping out of cars, full armor, guns in hand, surrounding the house,” said neighbor Christie Ridings.
Investigators say they were searching for guns and other weapons, as well as computers, cellphones, and other electronics that could access social media accounts, anything that could help piece together a timeline of events, a motive, and how this could happen.
Ridings said the family has lived in the home just across the Winder line, in the town of Bethlehem for about two years.
Who are the victims?
The GBI identified the victims as Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie, both math teachers, and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14-years-old.
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Aspinwall was also an assistant football coach for the Apalachee Wildcats.
Students describe Irimie as patient and caring.
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Schermerhorn’s family says he was always positive and looked at the bright side of things.
Angulo was described as a free spirit who had a “chill” attitude.
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