Disturbing Details of Georgia School Shooting Suspect's Parents Revealed

[@LawAndCrime]

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[@Mxxiee]

SHUT U

[@itheuserfirst3186]

Gifting a gun to a kid who was known to be mentally ill is difficult to comprehend.

[@Osyrous]

You heard the dad, he literally couldn't fathom his kid was that way Many many kids st4adle the line, many parents can't tell or see the signs untill their "kid" kills someone.

[@Nadezhda1932]

@@OsyrousYet the father gifted his son a gun , knowing full well the kid was mentally unstable .Why didn’t he get the kid help instead?!

[@empressannjam1]

Father complicit

[@annjepsen1621]

​@@Osyrous He had numerous warnings from the school that Colt was hearing voices! Him not wanting to deal with it is no excuse.

[@WithPowers83]

Many parents go in total denial of their kids conditions.... still gifting a rifle to a minor is wrong for many reasons... teen brains are still "under construction". I cannot understand this.

[@bcc7777]

The school should have locked down if mom called and said he was a danger.

[@lisagonzalez8499]

Right here. Its.caller taking leadership of the school

[@kendrahansen1175]

@@lisagonzalez8499 What does "Its.caller" mean?

[@raven7978]

The person who calls the shots at the school dropped the ball. His mom called 30 minutes before the shooting that was plenty of time to lock down the school.​@@kendrahansen1175

[@spoonlessvalkyrie7514]

I just don’t understand why she didn’t call the police instead

[@TheMostHighDaughter180]

⁠right???

[@springV127]

Let's not forget that it was his second day of school as a transfer student. He didn't know anyone at that school. So bullying had nothing to do with it.

[@MortuusExtraMoai]

I remember that he was bullied in other school, so, yes, the bullying doesn't enter here

[@Headbuttin_Imholte]

You think the bullying stays at the other school? At that point it doesn’t matter, you believe everybody hates you, so everybody will pay. With 0 support system, trash family, it was inevitable.

[@luigiangelobuonarroti4110]

@@Headbuttin_Imholte OP was merely saying that nobody there was bullying him. He shot innocent people who had done nothing to him.

[@wmdkitty]

@@MortuusExtraMoai He wasn't bullied there, either.

[@MrMgakaf]

​@@MortuusExtraMoailearn to pump your hands ...you get more respect ...and stay out of jail ....these gun people are weak

[@Maya-Alexdog]

Why encourage your child who is in THE most emotional & challenging time OF life --and gift them a GUN 😮

[@roxiewatters1161]

Makes no damn sense

[@jeffreymartin6369]

Toxic masculinity and gun worship in sick gun society

[@dustyw]

What? That makes no sense... Always encourage your kid. Father should have had that gun locked in a gun safe and only allowed him access to it when supervised.

[@laughs150]

The most emotional and challenging time of life. Teenage years? Naw not even close

[@roxiewatters1161]

@@dustyw reading comprehension 😅

[@jennifersmith4611]

No money to pay their bills but they have money for firearms??? Sick people

[@rubenruiz2162]

Firearms and drugs.

[@Enjoywatchingyoutube8227]

I was thinking the same, you get kicked out your house, stuff put on lawn, get visited by cops and the father spends money on a gun.

[@duancoviero9759]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@amandar25420]

I hadn’t heard about financial issues

[@heatheruntz5315]

​@amandar25420 it never specified about their financial situation, they did get evicted but being evicted isn't always for financial reasons, there's a bunch of other reasons you could be evicted. These people commenting are just making assumptions

[@inyourdreams3263]

why are people saying he was bullied? maybe he was, maybe not, but not at this school,,,it was his 2nd day of being there,,no excuse such as bullying,,,pure evil and hate

[@toroverde9329]

People? Rewatch maybe?!

[@arneliashort4647]

Right. He just has a hateful spirit

[@gensor5146]

Fr, I got bullied back in middle school, and I never got the urge to kill someone

[@apv5774]

It's not an excuse. BUT it is still part of the contributes to why he did it. Maybe this will make school bullies realize that bullying breeds?

[@tlouwoot6309]

He had mental issues and had been crying out for help and parents and school ignored him

[@suzanne9150]

After the FBI investigated the son for posting online that he wanted to do a school shooting, a responsible father would have gotten their son mental help and not an AR.

[@mikeyjames]

He stood no chance anyways. They named him after a gun. There’s some people in this country and their gun nuts culture is beyond help and sadly his parents are those type of people.

[@pamchandler1867]

how do you not get your kid help when they are begging for help?

[@Buddy869-z9x]

The mom and her family (specifically, the aunt who said that) lived a few hours away. He lived with his dad, who totally looks like the type to say **** no and give him an AR-15 instead 🙄

[@FinessingFinance2024]

Sounds like dad was trying to be the kid's friend more than being his parent. 😢😢

[@lt3943]

My thoughts exactly.

[@ukwerna]

geeesus what kind of friends do you have

[@connieh9581]

He and the mother are neglectful drug users. He had not been arrested for it yet but he was on them as much as she was. Dad was trying to be the kids friend. He’s said to have a raging temper. A neighbor saw him chase his wife into their yard while she was holding on to a young child. He yelled at the dad and told him to git out of his yard. Neighbor told her if she needed help come on over. He never saw her again but she left him a note thanking him for the help. There were so many warning signs but the parents were so caught up with their own mental, drug problems. They had problems with breaking the law. The mom was arrested for family violence against her mother and had a restraining order to keep away from her husband. The child didn’t have a chance in that environment. But it doesn’t excuse his killing innocent people in a school he had only been in two days.

[@MichElle-zc9tu]

coward parents appeasing. The Holy Bible “Discipline your children while they are young so that they never go astray when they grow” but in this case mother on drugs, immature parents and their divorce drove that young boy into a monster.

[@racheltarentino3314]

He wasn't either

[@BorderCzar_Kamala]

Those three mugshots together make a beautiful family portrait. Man, if you could ever read a book by its cover, this is the one!

[@midwestbadger2503]

Think about those poor younger siblings. I pray and hope their future is different.

[@Mbabz1957]

I have only one question….. if she felt their was a potential for a disaster, why didn’t she call the police?

[@CCmagee3]

Why didn't she say the school was gonna get shot up? That would have caused sirens to go off.

[@c8fear1]

Trust me, the cops in that town are not the magic bullet. Home of the Dixie Mafia back in the day...

[@spriken]

Speculation about her thinking. With so many cases of cops needlessly escalating situations and all she was going on was a sus conversation and him texting her "I'm sorry", she may not have felt safe calling the cops for something she wasn't sure about.

[@Headbuttin_Imholte]

Cons or excons have a certain, disdain, for law enforcement. We’ve seen the incompetence up close and personal. I would have to know with 100% certainty that it was going to happen, bc if it doesn’t, guaranteed the cops will go after the caller, claiming it was a hoax. F*ckers love to get parole revoked!

[@newyearnewthought]

She called them off a suspicious text that she received saying he was sorry. She was trying to get someone at the school to get him before this happened. It was only 30 mins prior to the shooting so she called the right group first.

[@joko09010]

Nobody involved in this will ever “make a full recovery.” The physical and mental trauma is a lifelong sentence. 😔

[@RicheetheBee]

Physical

[@pandybear26]

@@RicheetheBee mental scars are invisible and last way longer then physical scars... these poor people will need therapy probably for years if not the rest of their lives for this... not even just the ones that actually got shot even.. It effects more then the ones he actually managed to physically harm... He mentally scarred more.

[@RayCincy]

I think we all know that... It's obvious he means physically surviving (recovery from potentially fatal injuries). I guess maybe some people might need the clarification idk . Be safe and be well!

[@loricrane5315]

Future voters .

[@valkyrie1066]

As someone in therapy for MUCH lesser trauma in the past, I have to agree. They still have to DEAL with it, unrelated to physical injuries. I was never SHOT AT. They can't just put a bandage on that. It's going to take inner work now.

[@ScottWorley-j9p]

I was taught to hunt and use fire arms at 12 years old never even crossed my mind to even point the gun in someone else direction even as a joke i was taught the proper way alot of us was bullied in high school but we didn't grab a weapon and go on a mass shooting spree no excuses here none

[@fleckcadeau2382]

How old are you?

[@loricrane5315]

Exactly

[@retriever19golden55]

Yes, me too. Shotguns are tools in the country. *Nobody* needs an assault-style weapon.

[@Michael-gv7ut]

​@@retriever19golden55 This is the best way I've heard it said.

[@ScottWorley-j9p]

@@retriever19golden55 yes I agree

[@XavierRussell-j1f]

and other thing if you know your son is getting bullied why give him a GUN

[@saralazzari9231]

Self defense. /S

[@deescott8312]

Shame and disgusted that dad buy a 14 year old the weapon knowing what he knew

[@empressannjam1]

Bad parents

[@jacobfernandez6055]

what did he know?

[@raven7978]

​@@jacobfernandez6055that his son was mentally ill and allegedly being bullied.

[@joquin4618]

13 y/o at the time SMH 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jacobfernandez6055]

@raven7978 what mental illness did he have?

[@melanieearly3450]

That kid had TWO terrible parents

[@jonesy4588]

that's the norm now

[@ericboster6113]

These parents suck

[@TheMostHighDaughter180]

@@jonesy4588yup!

[@TheMostHighDaughter180]

So sad!

[@joko09010]

Lauren Boebert’s family is the same way. Gun culture, 911 DV calls, nasty divorce, the son got his teenage GF pregnant and was arrested later. His mom gets kicked out of an event for being too drunk and a theater for baking and groping. Sheesh. Same with the Crumleys. Just utter chaos within the families.

[@trendr1der]

His parents are a disgrace.

[@tomjones9082]

Lol, that too many American " parents"

[@bcc7777]

His dad. His mom tried to do something.

[@RayStraiter]

His neighbors love the first half of the second amendment.

[@steflynn7772]

How about the bullies that tormented him for years every single day and the school/teachers doing nothing. He was pushed to the edge while the school just sat back and watched giving the bullies the green light

[@jimlewis2395]

@@steflynn7772 Exactly. Thank you

[@alabaster193]

When Columbine happened 25 years ago, I thought something would change. I was naive.

[@mleh2512]

I thought the same thing on 12/14/12 but I cannot type the name of my town here because YT finds it objectionable. It’s so disheartening to still feel swept into darkness by others. This stuff needs to be out in the open and not forgotten or minimized. Those kids graduated high school here last year with the exception of the twenty murdered at ages 5 and 6. It makes me nuts that folks don’t seem to understand that their 2nd amendment rights do not supersede our kids’ right to live past age 5.

[@donaldshotts4429]

It's changed alright. Now it's worse and you can't blame everything on bullying

[@UrASemipro]

@@mleh2512 your emotions do not supersede anyone's constitutional rights, let alone anyone's natural rights. More than twice as many children are killed in gang shootings every year in Chicago than in school shootings across the ENTIRE country. Chicago, a "gun-free" zone. But you don't care about that, because you are playing into the media's narrative, and they are using your emotions to play with you like a little brainless, spineless puppet. You used to be able to order machine guns from Sears catalogues without any sort of regulations- right to your front door. And we didn't have school shootings. So, what changed? Shitting parenting, like this particular case. But it isn't always because of meth-head parents. Sometimes it's just the breakdown of the nuclear family. Fatherless children. Sometimes it's just people like you- absolute cowards, raising even weaker children.

[@jlo7770]

​@@mleh2512lol

[@georgiaamanatides4207]

The mother of one of the Columbine duo gave a Tedtalk and wrote a book. One would think she would have enough sense to just quietly go away but, no, instead she has to have her 15 minutes of fame. Shameful.

[@obscurity3027]

If the mother did in fact notify the school 30 minutes prior, then this is going to be an enormous lawsuit against the school/government of that locality.

[@shelleybullen6191]

Agree, they pulled wrong kid out of class one report said. The local sheriff didn't appear to take threat serious either

[@Heavyisthecrown]

So crazy. My son’s whole school system, all 4 schools in our town, just last week got a tip online someone threatened the school with a bomb. All schools immediately were surrounded by police, and locked down

[@KRXNetwork-xq7xh]

News Flash: Having terrible parents is not a new phenomenon…this kid is just a psychopath.

[@Molly-iw1rc]

@@KRXNetwork-xq7xh Having terrible parents doesn't help though, also they basically encouraged him and seemingly lied to police who were investigating him last year. They were like ignoring the signs, which is basically an accomplice. Not saying the kid is innocent, but his parents 100 percent made it worse.

[@natasha83196]

He’s a psychopath whose father purchased him an AR-15.

[@Badguyocean]

If you know your kid is a psychopath why buy them a gun…the parents are to blame as well

[@empressannjam1]

Blame bad parenting

[@brasstacks7181]

Diseased brains are also genetic.

[@mal5678]

Why didn't the mom call the police instead of the school?!?

[@waitaminute2015]

Police didn't do anything with his threat last year. There's a video and it's laughable how local police just shrugged it off.

[@SimplexJaMaCoB]

Exactly what I was thinking. And if the school counselor knew he talked about a school shooting that morning why did they not call the police either?

[@justbeatit4893]

Why are you asking such question ⁉️ the why of why will get no one nowhere, 👿

[@susiechapstick2623]

I just don’t understand how after this incident you would buy him an ar15. You don’t use that for hunting. People seem to be getting stupider and stupider

[@rebexyy]

Lmao stupider though.

[@SAR0311]

It wasn't an AR-15 it was a AR platform that could be any caliber

[@OG420grandmaster]

After ? You mean before

[@Kyra-qn3nh]

​@OG420grandmaster after the authorities literally warned him to keep his guns away from Colt.

[@OG420grandmaster]

@@Kyra-qn3nh parents were oblivious

[@spoonlessvalkyrie7514]

Parents lock up your damn firearms!! You think you have your finger on the pulse of your kid but you don’t! All teenagers keep secrets! If they don’t have access they can’t use them!

[@superdavedfw]

I guess times have changed. I grew up with firearms scattered all over the house un-locked. Although, gun safety was heavily stressed and we never mixed guns and ammo in the house, except in controlled conditions.

[@DrAccula-ct3ro]

It's not that he had access to firearms, it's that he didn't have access to his parents....

[@corbind.9395]

No

[@topgrain]

Many of them consider such safe storage an infringement of their second amendment rights. In other words, the Second Amendment also gives them the right to not give a damn about anybody else.

[@thestcroixkid]

​@@topgrainweak...

[@opalmaytoday5625]

The dad’s only 54????? He’s got 74-year-old miles on him. Sheesh!

[@OmarPryor]

That's what i was saying, he's 54 years old, but he looks like he's 74 year's old 😂, my goodness he looks pretty old 😂.

[@amandar25420]

Probably drugs

[@ghosttheillest]

Looks and acts like an alcoholic.

[@opalmaytoday5625]

@@OmarPryor Yeah, crazy!

[@opalmaytoday5625]

@@amandar25420 Yeah, that’s usually the case some type of substance-abuse that ages you way before your time.

[@S.Eds2]

The father whimpering now when he was trying to toughen his son up🙄

[@MrMgakaf]

😂😂😂😂

[@cynthiardh2004]

@@S.Eds2 the trumpian way! I bet they loved Trump!

[@mssweetlisa]

Trump supporters, true Republicans, are responsible gun owners!! Grow up ​@@cynthiardh2004

[@raven7978]

He didn't know any of those kids he was a new student. What kinda evil just unalive kids he's never even met. Smh

[@musclebobbuffpants222]

from my understanding he had just started high school, which means a lot of the same kids from his middle school would’ve came with him to the new school.

[@lilwarrioraleena]

Emotionally disconnected most likely. He was begging for help with his mental health months prior to shooting. Go figure. He didn’t receive the nurturing from stable parents, and there’s a recipe for a disaster.

[@NoWayJose24]

You know it's bad when they all have mugshots.

[@erikadlloyd5586]

For reals

[@jimmyneck2854]

​@@erikadlloyd5586"for reals"?? Guess you go to school in Georgia too LOL😂

[@PeriodicT]

@@jimmyneck2854 no boomers allowed

[@DieElspethDie]

​@@PeriodicT no illiterates allowed.

[@PeriodicT]

@@DieElspethDie would be tough to be illiterate and still type, boomer

[@suheylaa1769]

Wait, he talked about a school shooting. Why did you let him go to school?

[@cosmokramer5055]

His mother was on her way to the school, she lives 3 hours away and was only given a 40 minute notice. Now what she should’ve did was alert the authorities and the school

[@annad8636]

Him? His? I’m questioning that

[@suheylaa1769]

@@annad8636 Colt. Did I say something wrong?

[@SAR0311]

Because the threat issue came up when he was still in middle school and then switched schools he did this at the new high School

[@lynnebarrett9912]

He was at a new school, so bullying doesn't work in this case. First day off school. 😢RIP.

[@hehasnolips1371]

You must not know what kids are capable of

[@mleh2512]

His classmates from middle school attend high school with him. There may have been new classmates from other middle schools, but odds are most of the kids he had trouble with in the past were alongside him at Appalachee High School. (I’m not attempting to explain his acts, just the way schools work.)

[@notsorry3631]

Also, changing schools doesn't mean the bullying he endured at his last school didn't cause lasting mental issues. The pain doesn't magically stop as soon as the bullying ends.

[@raven7978]

​@@hehasnolips1371stop making excuses for this kid.

[@raven7978]

​@@notsorry3631poor little yt boy being bullied I guess that justifies shooting children that are literal strangers

[@lindseyrhynes4072]

This monster killed two innocent teachers and special needs kids who never bullied anyone. It's all fabricated. I live 20 minutes from this school. He needs to go to prison forever. The hurt he has caused a community and ALL surrounding communities is immeasurable.

[@lisamiles8957]

Colt is a kid with a mental illness. He cried out for help last year when he made his post. He needed mental health care, not a AR 15.

[@lindseyrhynes4072]

@@lisamiles8957 People need to stop making excuses for monsters. Sure, he had issues. But so many other people had issues and didn't think to do what he did.

[@kathycowan2221]

Parenting failure. Family failure .

[@mariaarellano1399]

@@kathycowan2221 Country failure (too easy to buy guns for everyone)

[@RcPlayer-tt2vw]

Irony is states with stricter gun laws have more everything “ so obviously not the answer

[@sunnywaze1211]

As well as society/social media. This culture has changed so much over the last few years. It's sad that adults stand around scratching their heads like they can't figure out why kids are behaving this way.

[@kathycowan2221]

@@sunnywaze1211 Excellent point.

[@snarkyguy2657]

Just a thought, but if the FBT and/or other law enforcement comes to me the way they did, buying him a weapon for Christmas is not what I'd be doing.

[@Molly-iw1rc]

Literally they did not care at all about any warnings about their child

[@PNW_614]

So, there's the possibility that the dad was simply negligent... but, there's also the possibility that the dad was encouraging all of the events which took place, in a direct but surreptitious kind of way, meaning: perhaps the dad wanted something like this to happen. Could it have been intentional? The dad refused to provide mental health treatment to the son and instead purchased a gun for him. I'm not saying this IS what happened... just considering different angles.

[@vikingraider712]

@@PNW_614we already have enough fake news or news that leaves information out don’t need you to spread more propaganda

[@sinda_hella]

@@PNW_614 It really does make you think, huh. Maybe hoping he’d be seen as another victim, and he could sell his story. And then he could buy more guns.

[@jamesmedina2119]

​@@PNW_614what parent in their right mind would want their child to take the life of other's. What an idiotic "angle"

[@DeadSoul50120]

"he was bullied" It was his second day at that school, none of his bullies were even there. It just doesn't make any sense

[@Molly-iw1rc]

This school shooting was so preventable if his parents cared enough. They literally investigated him last year and the parents continued to encourage his behavior or not take it seriously. As long as he was with those people, this was inevitable, it's really upsetting when the parents are practically fully aware and have all the warning signs and do nothing. Most parents don't have that luxury and are unaware of what their children are thinking about, but these parents KNEW for sure what their kid was thinking about doing.

[@RevolutionibusOrbiumCoelestium]

His father had law enforcement and FBI investigate his son for talking about school shootings THEN his father bought him an AR-15 for Christmas. It is beyond belief!

[@Livinglifewithjay2024]

Everyone in this childs life failed him. Stories of how he was raised are heartbreaking. His mother throwing him and his siblings out of the house late at night on several occasions and locking the door. There were times there was no food in the house. MULTIPLE visits by police and DHS but they never intervened. The SYSTEM left these kids in the care of a drug addict and a violent home. The FBI also failed him last year. Does he need to face consequences for his actions? Most definitely! But my heart hurts for all involved. This could have been prevented if everyone in this childs life that knew what was going on would have done something. We've got to stop watching from the sidelines and become involved with families and/or youth that we know are struggling.

[@Oh.its.multiple]

This. It doesn't excuse the atrocities that he committed, but there's clearly a build up to this outburst. An outburst that killed and injured innocent bystanders.. I really wonder if, in an alternate universe, everything could've been prevented had everyone done their job. An unstable home, drug addicted caregivers, a father that's in denial about his kid's mental health and glamourising deadly weapons, DHS failing to take appropriate action, the failure of police/FBI to signal SOS to help services... Again before someone comes at me, I'm not excusing his actions at all. What he (and his father) did was monstrous. I just can't help but feel all essential role models failed him.

[@TheMostHighDaughter180]

How do you know all of this?

[@kasun1752]

There is not excuse!

[@maevey3]

​@@kasun1752obvious, no?

[@michelleg.4643]

@@Oh.its.multiple i get where you're coming from, but DHS is severely understaffed. also, a parent doesn't get their kids taken away from them if they're wealthy.

[@AngelaShawWestoven]

Only heard about this so-called bullying from the father.

[@kjh6903]

Yes and it was only the 2nd day of school and a new school. So bullying doesn’t work in this case .

[@wmdkitty]

Because it's another lie, by the father, to defend his son.

[@anubianqueen79]

He's trying to make excuses for that demon child 😢

[@richardrobinson9534]

No, he's speaking about the previous school at traditions. Where he went before ( also one thing, colt was ghey ( literally ) not making fun. He also spoke out against transphobia online. This explains his hair cut ). We all know why the media is not speaking on this.

[@lilirishgrl]

That’s right. Colt denied the bullying when LE asked. The father corrected him. “Now I just told them you were”

[@jims512]

The primal scream of kids damaged by the adults responsible for them.

[@RomeNY2010]

You are so right! Sometimes it’s best NOT to have offspring.

[@stephaniequintini49]

Trash parenting is an epidemic in our country. At it core, grown ups who do not know how to parent is why our country is where it is.

[@spirit13the1st6]

Combined with mental illness we as AMERICANS ARE IN TROUBLE.

[@kathywhitaker1042]

Its time for a heart change in America and it starts with Us as ADULT. All this hate, disrespect and killing the amouts that are rising. Until Adults get are hearts right this is going to get worse. ADULTS PLEASE HELP OUR CHILDREN

[@roxiewatters1161]

Our politicians cannot get along and respect each other. Our police officers behave like bullies. Society promotes selfishness. Television programs used to be centered on families, two parent households with authoritative parenting styles. Shows these days don’t even have parents around, or they treat the one parent present as a friend. People are afraid to help others because of fear mongering. It’s not going to get better unless a global crisis happens. 💔

[@Sista64]

Amen!

[@keepitrealcraig]

Mom calls the school but not police? She barely tried!

[@jeanbeans7926]

How about she get to the school herself too????

[@mleh2512]

Mom lives several hours away and spent over 20 minutes on the phone with the school staff about half an hour prior to the massacre. This information was not provided in this report.

[@elizzyyy1074]

she lives in a different state so she would’ve been connected to her local 911 instead of the school location’s 911. she could’ve searched the number to the police department but could’ve been put on hold. i think she went with her instincts and called the only number she already had in her phone, which was the school’s.

[@STCatchMeTRACjRo]

@@mleh2512 we know they divorced, and we know Colt lives with his father. she is still responsible for her son's well-being, whether they live a few miles or thousands of miles apart.

[@findlisa5]

@@STCatchMeTRACjRo I heard a Jackson County family court issued a restraining order for Marcee Gray to keep away from both Colin and Colt Gray, since she threatened their lives in 2023. If she didn't lose all custody to Colt, then you are correct. If she did lose all custody of him, then you are wrong. A family court in Jackson County knows the answer, but this important info seemingly has not yet become public.

[@kennedystarr8094]

His parents are who really failed him.. it’s so very sad..

[@KatieW-c4k]

Having bad parents doesn't make you a murderer just sayin

[@neverlookback3382]

Gang bangers parents failed them too, are those parents held responsible for their childs actions?

[@ImListeningToReason]

Sounds like his previous school failed to share his issues with the next.

[@Tough__Crowd]

They should have supported him identifying as a butt-plug

[@arthurgoodall3043]

Usual suspect

[@sophiamartin1971]

You should know what your kids are getting up to online…. And when the FBI visits your home to warn you, maybe you should listen to that warning 🤨

[@SandersRN23]

Who hasn't been bullied in school!?! Not saying it's okay but bullying is not the biggest issue here.

[@bcc7777]

I was bullied like crazy. But I teach my kiddos love.

[@nickwalston1322]

@@bcc7777someone should of taught you how to stand up for yourself too

[@tazthewolverine]

Bullying is the biggest issue because it causes situations like this to occur.

[@maddieabbott8875]

@@tazthewolverine No, this isn't about bullying. It's about entightlement, hate, and not being taught morals. Everyone has been bullied- 99.9999% of people that have been bullied don't end up committing mass murder.

[@AlexandraBolz]

Exactly. I was bullied badly in school and I would never EVER do anything like this.

[@michelerocks167]

If you can’t buy beer or cigs until you are 21, you shouldn’t be able to have a gun/rifle until then either.

[@jacobfernandez6055]

true, lets lower the age for beer and cigs to match

[@vikingraider712]

So 18year olds that go off to wars that fire full autos shouldn’t be able to own a firearm to protect against burglaries or car jacking

[@Camaro_x]

@@vikingraider712key words “go to war” have respect for weapons & people’s lives the police is there to take care of that not regular people. Sickening

[@katie.b5899]

@@vikingraider712or get this, no war no guns

[@heatheruntz5315]

You're either an adult or not, if you shouldn't be able to possess a firearm until you're 21 then you shouldn't be able to vote, join the military, or anything like that until you are 21 either

[@blondie75ful]

The school didn’t know. Don’t blame that school!!! Colt was a NEW student at Apalachee. He hadn’t been at that school long. It was Jackson County, where he transferred from, that failed to notify Apalachee High School in Barrow County of Colt having been a threat. Also there was another student with a very similar name to Colt. And when the mother of Colt alerted the school, there was confusion and they checked the wrong student’s bag and found nothing. Then minutes later, the shooting happened. I live near this community and know people affiliated with that school system. A relative of mine is a resource officer in that school district. The service for the coach that was killed was held at the high school my son just graduated from. The coach’s wife is a teacher and tennis coach there.

[@CatalinaFOIA]

There are NO excuses for a 14 year old to have access to a firearm and ammunition without adult supervision.

[@paulconlan180]

Kids steal cars food guns money from parents

[@CatalinaFOIA]

​@paulconlan180 cars have keys, guns have safeties/locks/gun safes, lock up ammunition. I stand by my original comment. There are NO excuses valid as to why a 14 year old would have access to a firearm without adult supervision. There was also no need for his father to gift him a firearm for Christmas knowing his son's mental health and previous threats at his previous school.

[@vikingraider712]

@@CatalinaFOIAwhat about the 14 year olds stealing cars these days quite a few of them

[@jamesmedina2119]

There's been several times when a young child who's know about firearms have saved their families from bad guy's.

[@racheltarentino3314]

​@vikingraider712 are you serious

[@MDuude310]

Trash parenting...that is all I have to say.

[@davidrutledge1482]

Trash parents

[@Miss_liberty_for_all]

Colt : “ yes sir” Please 🤦🏻‍♀️ this boy knows no manners he just wants to act innocent now.

[@sheilajackson5601]

Told the police, "I would never say anything like that; not even as a joke." He knows right from wrong & how to straighten up.

[@amandaschmucker2787]

🤦🏼‍♀️That's how they tell you to speak to the judge/magistrate. Has nothing to do with acting innocent.

[@HonestyMyPolicy]

Yup. He knows what he did.

[@jdbruce]

What is he supposed to say 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@markstothard630]

He even named his kid after a gun....when will US citizens start respecting and loving their children and their fellow citizens more than they do their guns.

[@marleyhill34]

Never. It's too ingrained in the culture. It's a culture that cannibalises itself with guns, poor healthcare, ultra-processed food, materialistic consumerism and drugs. It spends more on the military budget than on healthcare and education combined. School mass murder is just a symptom.

[@Rank.Roundup]

In the school district where I work in Arkansas, there was a kid last year that had been expelled from multiple schools. He had been suspended from our school for ten days for bad behavior. He was telling his friends when he came back he was going to k*ll kids and teachers. Not only did the school allow the kid to come back to school after the ten days, they did not inform parents of the children that attended that school of the danger. This is a huge problem that happens every day. If you have a kid in public schools in the US, you have no idea how much danger your kids are in and how much the school districts choose to ignore and sweep under the rug.

[@jmo2104]

You don't use an a r type rifle, to hunt deer

[@janina8559]

Exactly right! The Dad knew that too and has no excuse 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@alanbennett133]

You don't? Cause that dead deer in his picture was killed with that AR. 🙄

[@jessicascism891]

The ar is used for hunting literally everyone that has them mostly hunts with them what do you think is used for hunting a pistol?

[@jacobfernandez6055]

sure you do

[@carriewalter9189]

Actually yes you do

[@jodiojeda6334]

The mom stated she reported her son 90 minutes before the shooting…why did it take so long to get to Colt and still didn’t make it in time? Sincere question

[@amandar25420]

40 min not 90

[@STCatchMeTRACjRo]

divorced, Colt lived with his father.

[@bashlea]

I read she lives three hours away but was en route to the school

[@rebexyy]

I think OP is saying why didn't the school take it seriously right away.

[@lilirishgrl]

@@amandar25420right? The time and the details are ever changing when it comes to this phone call.

[@sierravista9013]

What in world would make a parent buy his kid an assault weapon? WTF

[@CCmagee3]

All weapons are assault weapons. There is no gun that can't be used for an assault.

[@empressannjam1]

To enable a crime

[@sierravista9013]

@@CCmagee3 so sick of hearing that nonsense. Its used to describe a certain military style weapon. We don't need them.

[@XShadowAngel]

@@sierravista9013 If you can't even handle the facts on the type of gun, why should anyone care about your opinion on it? And that type of gun in particular is used far less frequently than handguns for any of these events.

[@jacobfernandez6055]

any weapon used to assault is an assault weapon. hands and feet are the most common btw

[@eemiaa10]

Regardless of mental state, gifting a child a gun is ludicrious! Do they know how many people die from accidents?

[@marleyhill34]

This is normal for Americans especially the least educated. Only a GED. No college. No university. No degree. No technical school certification.

[@CanVultus]

Hunter safety courses for hunting license start at twelve. You’re highly uneducated.

[@NicolasRichmond-rl4tm]

So do you believe that humane society has lost the ability to use brains that have fallen back to caveman times ? Do you believe that we have not progressed through the years or not ?

[@heidikleiber7703]

@CanVultus This is a discussion about a tragedy involving children and gun violence. The number one killer of children in the US is firearms. Yet you dare to call someone else uneducated?

[@SAR0311]

​@@CanVultuswell they don't know about guns they are definitely not going to know about Hunter safety or gun safety and the teaching and abiding by basic gun safety rules.

[@mimiseeyou]

I know a kid in TN 8th grade 2023 school year that joked and his bully felt threatened. Perfect grades, record, home life, star in the Christmas play, volunteer, etc and he got arrested and sent to alternative school for 45 days. He had to be cleared by several health professionals to return to his school. Court appearances. Whole gambit. Not just talk to the cops. We were very scared because we knew they had to take it seriously until they proved he was just doing video game talk in class.

[@petergalvez3930]

I just found out I used to work with the shooters mom back in 2011/2012. I have nothing bad to say about her she was a nice woman.

[@RcPlayer-tt2vw]

It’s not moms fault just look at the IQ of some of the comments

[@addis.temari]

WRONG. This is the 3rd case a parent has been charged bc of their child's school shooting. Deja Taylor was sentenced on a felony child neglect charge related to the shooting of her son's first grade teacher, Abigail Zwerner, in Newport News.

[@randommofo123]

Deja was charged with child neglect and owning a gun while using marijuana

[@dlbstl]

She wasn't charged with the shooting itself, though.

[@addis.temari]

@@dlbstl Please reread the opening. Where do we disagree? RIF is as important as ever. Reading Is FUNDAMENTAL.

[@chandicewallace8119]

This is so sad. Similar situation happened in Oxford, Michigan . When will these parents learn? Guns as gifts to minors is ridiculous.

[@vikingraider712]

Michigan is ruled by gangs in some areas I’d rather give my kid access then be dead the next day

[@arthurgoodall3043]

If the dad wouldn't have given him the gun he'd woulda got it somewhere else

[@cosmokramer5055]

The dad in this case didn’t have any of his guns locked up or put away so it would’ve happened either way

[@Lola_the_Cavapoo]

I'm so glad my parents bought me sports jerseys at 14 instead of guns. 😂

[@clifforddriver9434]

Law enforcement dropped the ball on this particular case. In 2023, law enforcement could have stopped this before it gained momentum. They did not.

[@clifforddriver9434]

It should be mandatory that a real psychologist. And stop having the police doing that assignment. They don't qualify for this.

[@WezleyB]

Americans claim they have firearms for keeping their family safe... Over 50% of gun deaths in America are suicides, another 20% are domestic violence... Does keeping a firearm actually keep your family safe or does it put them at risk?

[@rustyshackleford2792]

@@WezleyB my brother in law just hung himself 4 days ago. A tool is a tool. It's all about the mindset. America has an extremely bad mental health system.

[@collegegroomingandfraud-i9f]

i'm using a rrussian vpn to comment. only way to now.

[@collegegroomingandfraud-i9f]

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[@financialterrorist-k9t]

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[@Chich8058]

@@rustyshackleford2792 I’m So sorry

[@Stardust414]

That kid never stood a chance

[@Heybrotruthhurts]

Yes he did stop trying to make excuses for the kid. There are tons of kids out there with terrible parents maybe even worse ones, who dont become killers or want to kill innocent ppl. The kid is just evil himself.

[@glennthompson1971]

the kid had all the power to decide not to murder others.

[@SherryHill-k5y]

How did the son know how to use the AR 15? Did he dad show him?

[@Stardust414]

@@glennthompson1971 Agreed!! Never said he didn’t. Having inept parents doesn’t exempt one from responsibility. This has nothing to do with my point however.

[@MrBigdaddy2ya]

Anyone else notice the blood on the cheek was smeared onto his face im sure by his dad. As a past deer hunter couldnt imagin putting animal blood on my childs face. Then giving him a gun after he made terroristic threats to shoot up a school. I think the boy was groomed by his dad to commit murder.

[@pamelamac2879]

Why aren’t these tragedies enough for law reform?! If I were on the jury, a major factor with Dad, is he gifted the assault rifle after the FBI had shown up at his door. Let his and the Crumbly stories be a lesson to all parents. Going from tough guy to rocking in his court chair? SMH

[@SAR0311]

When was he being a tough guy?

[@pamelamac2879]

@@SAR0311 May ‘23, front porch with the FBI.

[@lsmith4355]

Dad said he taught him about guns and the importance yet look at the muzzle control in the video🤦‍♀️.

[@marleeamato4944]

I noticed this.

[@fegrace_1]

I read an article where the mother is being critical of the school’s response. She put zero ownership on her son, her husband, or herself. Why didn’t she contact the police? Why didn’t she report that her son had access to an AR-15 when he got it for Christmas? He has access to that high powered rifle for over 8 months. The school year had just began a few weeks ago so I wouldn’t be surprised if he had been planning throughout the summer. His parents should be held legally and financially accountable. Instead of buying him a gun an assault weapon his father should have paid for therapy!

[@MaliciousCat]

You gave your child... a semi automatic rifle... for Christmas? ....okay.

[@stephenedgecock]

2nd amendment

[@SouthernNature1]

That’s not a submachine gun… nowhere near a submachine gun in fact. 🙄

[@philh8829]

Submachine gun? Um, no.

[@edwarddeere4925]

“Submachine gun” lmfao you have no clue what you’re talking about. You are unbelievably ignorant and unqualified to make any statements.

[@OfficialWASD]

🧠💀

[@mrwilliamwonder]

So glad that Georgia has seen the light and charged this father.

[@Shaiyino.thebraveone]

It’s actually the 3rd time The second time was when the 5 year old boy brought a gun to the school and shot the teacher last year and the parents got charged and time

[@jeanbeans7926]

she said two time this year though

[@Shaiyino.thebraveone]

@@jeanbeans7926 I didn’t hear the this year part

[@nightwithout-stars1951]

The dad is probably a savage too. He took the kid hunting and smeared the deer’s blood on Colt’s face. I don’t think hunting defenseless animals for sport is a sane activity. Colt became obsessed with violence, and then his daddy bought him a gun and turned him loose on that school. So sad and so infuriating. 😢

[@vikingraider712]

People don’t hunt for sport they hunt to keep deer populations down so less car accidents we have too many deer around here too and for food venison tastes better then most thing you could ever cook

[@nightwithout-stars1951]

@@elizabethchase6528 Probably.

[@nightwithout-stars1951]

@@vikingraider712 Plenty of people hunt for sport. They even hang the deer head on their wall like a trophy. I doubt Colt and Collin are hunting to feed anyone or keep the population down. They are savages who take pictures of bloody cheeks and brag about it later.

[@marleyhill34]

​@@vikingraider712 I live near deer, we have adult professionals who cull the deer annual. Not children with paramilitary guns. 😅 Ain't nobody give a damn about deer population like that.

[@patrickmcdonagh539]

​@vikingraider712 of course people hunt for sport.. What world are you living in

[@alwayzsic]

For teaching your son killing a helpless animal and glamorizing it, now look what happened. You taught him evil. It backfired on you DAD

[@MSDGAMEZ]

Hunting is evil now?

[@xokree]

and mom she shared the hunting post and said she was a proud mama.

[@judithramirezjuarez4986]

Jeffrey Dahmer

[@kai_the_locker353]

We're big on hunting in Ga , go sit down , this simply is a case of being bullied and the school failing to do anything about it , just like many other cases

[@JB-js4xi]

​​@@MSDGAMEZnow??? Trophy hunting has been considered bad for over 60 years. You think that family needed to kill the deer so they could eat dinner and use it's skins for warmth??? Show off trophy hunters are REVILED

[@commonstragedy]

He checks a loaded rifles barrel by sticking his finger in the barrel? No, he was not taught basic gun safety in the first place.

[@SourGirl-jc3cr]

How is it even legal to buy a 14 year kid a gun?

[@Mierla406]

He was given it, it’s not legal for him to buy one.

[@lindalambertson6294]

It was said that it wasn't legal for him to have a gun at all. 💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙

[@GTARC-2023]

Merica!

[@codyharris2807]

​@elizabethchase6528 how are you going to stop it how are you going to know its for the kid lol my kids have guns but not allowed to touch them look at them unless i hand it to them.

[@amandaschmucker2787]

​@@GTARC-2023 You say America but do you know how many countries are giving kids way under 14 guns? & it's for survival/war.

[@teamcougars]

I’m confused as to why the father isn’t being charged as an accessory to murder considering the kid wouldn’t have had acess to said AR-15 if his dim wit father hadn’t bought it as a “gift “ for his mentally unstable son 😢 I am so sick and tired of hearing these type of avoidable catastrophes 🤬🤦🏼‍♀️

[@georgeorwell126]

"Morgan and Morgan for when you commit a school-shooting and need a lawyer". WTH!!?

[@jolo3118]

This two parents basically brewed the recipe for a disaster to a T! I'm glad parents are finally starting to be held responsible for their minor children's actions.

[@lindaashmore1246]

And don't smear blood on a kids face.

[@vikingraider712]

Who said he did

[@retriever19golden55]

If you come from a hunting family, it's a tradition when you shoot your first deer. My father blooded my face when I shot my first deer as a fifteen-year-old girl in 1974. I've never considered pointing a gun at a person. Hunting culture and gun-worship culture aren't the same thing, any more than a shotgun and an assault-style weapon are the same thing.

[@BlackandBlessed100]

Crazy people should not have guns and 14 year olds should not have guns This boy was both and the two parents had that crazy boy in close proximity to guns and weapons They both need to be accountable

[@notsorry3631]

Our 14 year old has a gun. And if she were having mental issues or being bullied at school, we would take it away. She has a gun because she's healthy and responsible. There's no way these parents didn't know that this child should not have a gun. As a parent, you know when something is off about your child. I know when my daughter has PMS, let alone homicidal thoughts.

[@ryryzam79]

Kinda weird to have your son smear dear blood on his face.

[@johnnydoe3603]

That was Weird and Creepy. 🫤

[@VC32Sniperrifle]

The blood is creepy.

[@MrsRobinson398]

He was trying to make it look like blush, mommy issues, little freak

[@retriever19golden55]

It's traditional when you shoot your first deer, if your family comes from a hunting culture. My father was born in 1928 in rural Central NY. As a child in the Depression, the meat and fish his father brought home kept them from starving. He hunted most of his life. I was born in 1959, and as his daughter, I hunted with him as soon as I was old enough. When I shot my first buck at 15, he blooded my face. It's not nearly as barbaric and inhumane as the way meat animals are raised and butchered on the giant factory farms.

[@critical_analysis]

​@@retriever19golden55yeah. Wokes are the most opiniated people on earth, mind you only on some issues. But, stop their bs when talking about robbers and thieves destroying our society

[@SteenOhh]

Okay but what if the "I'm sorry" text was read by the mother as if he was going to hurt himself, not others? Did she even have custody? I think I read that she was incarcerated; how much more than a phone call could she do if thats the case? She clearly was not a great mother and obviously contributed to this kids poor mental health, but theres just so much speculation here. The father was charged immediately. I have to think if the police/prosecutor thought they could make charges for her stick, they would have charged her as well.

[@sheilajackson5601]

Sounds like he was bullied in his own home. He didn't even know these kids, but he knew right from wrong. He might have turned on family.

[@dlwseattle]

"Trying to get my kid interested in the great outdoors" - heres an ar15 son!

[@cathyl2338]

People talk about mental health problems as if it absolves all responsibility and accountability. Gmab.

[@PossessiveK]

A theory that comes to my mind is that his dad learned he was being bullied and tried to "toughen him up" with the gun and hunting trips. He gives off "not my kid, my kid wouldn't do that (murder people)" AND "not my kid, my kid doesn't need that (help)" vibes. :( I hope it's just my bias and not actually what happened

[@brendatomlinson]

I get the same vibes from him.

[@Badficwriter]

Certain old fashioned people think talking to psychiatrists shows weakness. That attitude, attacking people who are already at the end of their rope, just makes things worse.

[@ShellyBomb]

💔 Heartbreaking NO matter how you look at this horrific situation; especially since Colt Gray had already been on the radar of the local authorities! There's failure on the part of all of the adults in Colt's life!!! 😢

[@emadhs1997]

So many failures. How did he bring such a large gun into school undetected??

[@snowwhite2524]

It is very cheap and easy to keep guns and ammunition locked up and inaccessible to children in the home. I will never understand why some parents choose to be so irresponsible and negligent.

[@QueenofKings-mh7zn]

Look around this country. Seems like the majority of parents are irresponsible!

[@vikingraider712]

Maybe it was hidden and he knew where in case the dad needed quick access for a burglar most people get only 12 seconds to respond to break ins

[@snowwhite2524]

@@vikingraider712 That's a scary statistic.

[@StephanieBickford-nz5yy]

Dad should of never bought his son a gun .He should of got help instead .

[@ElusvOptmst1]

It was his first or second day of school. I think he just wanted an excuse to kill. Now we have two adults and two teenagers murdered and other nine with injuries, physical/mental issues perhaps, because of this crime. Both parents should be charged for neglect and abuse. No child or school employee should have to worry about mentally dangerous students in their school or place of employment. Change laws regarding mentally ill students, might help deter this type of atrocities.

[@NathanRich-v8v]

Should they be charged with neglect absolutely their parents, and they should have been aware of his mental state but they shouldn’t be charged and held accountable for the murder. They didn’t murder anybody and it wasn’t their intention for anyone to be murdered.

[@jeanbeans7926]

I agree. Teachers have a hard enough time dealing with kids who grow up with phones for hands and violent video games as playmates. Let's not blame this for the parent's utter failure.

[@Badficwriter]

@@NathanRich-v8v The father is being charged with 2nd degree murder and manslaughter. Not first degree. It means he is partly responsible even if he didn't pull the trigger.

[@fredhargraves6348]

I know for a fact, that there is little to no help for a child or a teenager, who have mental issues. It is frustrating to tell people that should “know” how to help them, but are so lax. All the while you are standing there begging for help.

[@S.Eds2]

Attorney Christa Ramey was spot on with her points. And yes, A LOT of people failed in the entire situation.

[@billlam7756]

The fact that he gave a 14 YEAR OLD a firearm is enough

[@vernonwillis9975]

In Georgia many children get their first hunting rifle long before the age of 14. Most of them don't shoot up their school.

[@billlam7756]

@@vernonwillis9975 I lived in GA, as a military man sometime I felt like my junior marines arent mature enough let alone 14yr old KID. This is not a georgia thing, its wreckless

[@Justaroundthecorner919]

There's just too many times that these kids are on the radar some time prior and the opportunity to intervene gets lost! Every case has to be taken seriously and there should be mandatory counseling entire family.

[@CaliAAA72]

Another example of what happens when your parents are also siblings!

[@gaylehudson7267]

An old, tired joke by someone whose family tree likely has a stunted trunk. Like your mom's brother is your dad.

[@keepitrealcraig]

😮

[@Tough__Crowd]

The father played Wee Wee-Butt with him too much 😂

[@CaliAAA72]

@@Tough__Crowd hilarious

[@tweedlebee-eo2kq]

excellent interview Angenette Levy, appreciate your respectful professionalism when presenting these hard stories and an assett to L&C Network 👍

[@TonEva68]

It was Wednesday, September 4th (not the 5th). Trust me we will all forever remember the date. It’s the date our sense of peace and safety were taken away. Pray for Barrow county, especially Apalachee High School. Thank you

[@BWAPreme]

Did I hear this correctly? The counselor told Colt’s mother that he discussed a school shootIng that morning!? 6:33

[@Lisa-xm4bw]

Yes, you heard correctly

[@Molly-iw1rc]

I believe the mother knew before he left for school

[@terrilhill1024]

The police should have been called them! 😢

[@erynlasgalen1949]

​@@Molly-iw1rc I don't know how she would have known that when she didn't live with them.

[@christinevega7064]

​@@erynlasgalen1949 I heard in another news report that the son had texted his mother shortly before the incident and said "I'm sorry mom." And then she called the school counselor to look for him. I'm assuming she knew something was off. Obviously this is just what was reported and I have no idea personally.

[@Jeniam82]

Um am I the only one that thinks it’s odd that we are all just accepting what the aunt says?? Let’s stick to facts, not hearsay.

[@GrumpyGenXGramps]

What is WRONG with kids nowadays?? We had firearms IN SCHOOL when I was a kid! We had school rifle teams and even an indoor range under the gymnasium! We had rifles and shotguns in the rifle racks in our trucks. We had more access and LESS restrictions of firearms but NO school shootings! We had FIST fights and wasn’t afraid of getting our butts whooped! You were considered a coward and a p*ssy if you pulled a weapon! We were taught to handle and deal with bullies and fighting. SOMETHING has happened to our kids that we need to figure out… and it’s NOT more “gun laws”! There’s already over 40k gun laws on the books and it’s only gotten worse.

[@jamesmcgarity614]

Politicians could have stopped this one with a simple law some call it the red flag law.

[@marthadelacruz6021]

Exactly!