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Mother of suspected Georgia high school shooter has numerous criminal records


Mother of suspected Georgia high school shooter has numerous criminal records

The mother of the 14-year-old accused of killing four people at a Georgia high school has a criminal record spanning more than 17 years in four counties, according to court records.

Colt Gray has been charged with four counts of murder and will be tried as an adult after two students and two teachers were killed at Apalachee High School in Winder.

The victims were identified as Mason Schermerhorn, a 14-year-old student, Christian Angulo, a 14-year-old student, Richard Aspinwall, a teacher, and Christina Irimie, another teacher.

His father, 54-year-old Colin Gray, was arrested Thursday in connection with the shooting and charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of first-degree murder and eight counts of child abuse.

An affidavit for the father’s arrest warrant, obtained by CNN, states that he allegedly gave his son an AR-15 rifle “despite knowing that he posed a danger to himself and others.”

Marcee Ann Gray, 43, was charged in Barrow, Fulton, Forsyth and Ben Hill counties, including domestic violence, drug possession, criminal damage and traffic violations, multiple sources reported.

Her criminal record apparently began in March 2007 and included five vehicle-related offenses for reckless driving, making an improper right turn and driving under the influence, court records obtained by the Independent show.

She pleaded guilty in 2008 and paid a $600 fine before being sentenced to 12 months’ probation and 40 hours of community service, according to Fulton County court records. Her probation ended in August 2010.

In addition, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that she was sued by a car dealer in 2019 for writing a bad check as a down payment.

She was most recently arrested for drug possession in November 2023 after she was caught with a “glass jar containing a crystal-like substance proven to be methamphetamine” in her car, according to a Barrow County arrest warrant.

The arrest warrant also included details such as that she had a “clear red baggie containing a powdered substance called fentanyl,” “a clear glass pipe for taking narcotics,” cyclobenzaprine tablets in a baggie, and that she had attached another person’s license plate to her car.

She ultimately pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors: second-degree criminal damage, trespassing and using a license plate to conceal her identity.

According to the confession documents, her seven-year sentence was reduced to one and a half months in prison and five years probation by taking credit for time already served. The judge also banned her from consuming drugs and alcohol and denied her any contact with her husband.

She was charged with aggravated assault in Ben Hill County on Nov. 4, 2023, when a 73-year-old woman was thrown against a wall and placed in a chair with her hands and feet taped together, preventing her from leaving the apartment, according to documents obtained by the National Desk.

A bail order states that she is not allowed to have any contact with the victim. She is also accused of grievous bodily harm to a person aged 65 or over, theft by taking, false imprisonment and trespassing.

On LinkedIn, her occupation in 2021 was listed as Senior Quality Engineer and her “About Me” description states, “Continuous improvement is my obsession.”

A report filed in May 2023 details how the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a tip from the FBI that their 13-year-old son “may have threatened to go on a shooting rampage at a middle school tomorrow.”

An audio recording of an interview with Colin Gray by the sheriff’s office revealed that father and son separated from the mother, leaving her behind with the family’s two younger siblings.

Colin Gray also told an investigator that Colt initially struggled with the separation.

“He had problems at first with the separation and everything. School was kind of so-so,” Colin said in the transcript of the conversation. “So I went to school countless times to talk to him on the phone, you know?”

Colin subsequently admitted that there were firearms in the house that were used for hunting, but that his son was only allowed to use them under supervision.

A report said the teenager’s father was advised to keep the firearms “under lock and key” and keep him away from school “until this matter is resolved.”

Investigators eventually informed the father that the tip sent to the FBI could not be confirmed and no further action could be taken.

During a brief hearing Friday morning, Jackson County Judge Currie Mingledorff II told the teenager that if convicted, he could face life in prison, but not the death penalty because he is under 18. His attorney did not ask for bail.

His father later entered the same courtroom and was informed that he faced a maximum prison sentence of 180 years.

Father and son are scheduled to return for a preliminary hearing in December.

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