Georgia school shooter Colt Gray‘s mother has spoken out for the first time since the tragedy to insist she would ‘take the place’ of each of the victims if she could.
Marcee Gray claims she called Apalachee High School and spoke to a guidance counselor shortly before her 14-year-old son allegedly opened fire.
Four people – two students and two teachers – were tragically killed in the massacre, while nine more were injured.
Colt was charged with four felony counts of murder and will be tried as an adult. His father, Colin, has also been charged with a raft of offenses for gifting his troubled son the gun allegedly used in the attack.
Now, Marcee has offered an insight into the moment she realized something was terribly wrong with her son on the morning of September 5 in an interview with ABC.
Marcee Gray claims she called Apalachee High School and spoke to a guidance counselor shortly before her 14-year-old son allegedly opened fire
Georgia school shooter Colt Gray ‘s mother (pictured together) has spoken out for the first time since the tragedy to insist she would ‘take the place’ of each of the victims if she could
She claims to have spoken to Colt’s school counselor on the morning of the incident to report receiving a concerning text message from him.
‘The counselor said, ”well I want to let you know that earlier this morning, one of Colt’s teachers sent me an email that said Colt had been making references to school shootings”,’ Marcee claimed.
‘Between my gut feelings, the text messages and now this email, y’all need to go, like, run, to the classroom.’
Later, Marcee tearfully said: ‘If I could take their place, I would. I would in a heartbeat.’
Colt was charged with four felony counts of murder and will be tried as an adult
Marcee has offered an insight into the moment she realized something was terribly wrong with her son on the morning of September 5
Mason Schermerhorn, 14, an autistic student at Apalachee High School, was the first victim to be identified. Christian Angulo, 14, also lost his life in the senseless shooting
Teacher Richard Aspinwall was named as one of the four victims of the shooting. Christina Irimie was also identified as a victim
Mason Schermerhorn, 14, Christian Angulo, 14, Richard Aspinwall, 39 and Cristina Irimie, 53 were all fatally shot during the massacre.
Police allege when they arrived, Colt dropped his weapon and confessed that he was responsible for the tragedy.
Colin Gray, 54, gifted his son the rifle despite the fact he had been previously interviewed by police over alleged threats Colt made against a different school.
The father and son had been on the FBI’s radar for more than a year over the incident, but no arrests were made.
Colin now faces two counts of second-degree murder, four counts of involuntary manslaughter and eight counts of cruelty to children.
If convicted on all charges he could receive up to 180 years in jail.