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Former FBI agent Rob D’Amico told ‘Fox & Friends First’ on Thursday that the FBI is “going to have to go back” and review the way it handled previous interactions with Colt Gray, the suspected gunman who opened fire at Apalachee High School on Wednesday.

The comments come after the FBI confirmed that Gray has been on its radar as a potential threat since last year. In a joint statement, the FBI’s Atlanta office and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said the agency’s National Threat Operations Center received an anonymous tip about threats posted online regarding a possible school shooting in May 2023.

“There’s not much you can do when you get those warnings,” D’Amico said. “The local officers went out and interviewed the father, interviewed the son — he denied making those online threats. The father said the son didn’t have unfettered access to the guns. They did what they could and then left because there was no probable cause to take any other action.

“And that actually happens all the time across the country and it doesn’t lead to school shootings, but in this case it did and they’re going to have to go back and make sure everything was done right,” D’Amico added.

Stepheny Price of Fox News contributed to this report.

A spokesperson for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation tells Fox News Digital that the parents of the suspected Apalachee High School shooter, Colt Gray, “have been cooperative thus far.”

The comment came in response to a question about whether authorities were investigating Gray’s parents after Wednesday’s attack, which left four dead and nine injured.

Fox News’ Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.

A beloved football coach who was one of four victims killed in a shooting at a high school in Barrow County, Georgia, on Wednesday morning was remembered as a “leader of men” who passed on the “old-fashioned ways” of the game to the children he coached.

Ricky Aspinwall, a 39-year-old husband and father of two young daughters, taught math at Apalachee High School, where he also served as the football team’s defensive coordinator.

Mike Hancock, the school’s head football coach, told the Athens Banner-Herald that Aspinwall was “a great father” who loved his wife and their two daughters and was also respected in the football world.

“He worked his ass off,” Hancock said. “He coached the old-fashioned way, but he loved those kids. It’s heartbreaking for our kids, but it’s heartbreaking for his wife and his two daughters. . . “

Aspinwall was killed when the alleged 14-year-old gunman opened fire inside the school. Math teacher Christina Irimie and students Mason Shermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, were also killed. Authorities said nine others were wounded in the shooting.

The mother of a student at Apalachee High School told The New York Times that she received a text message from her daughter on Wednesday that read: “Mom, I heard gunshots. I’m scared. Please come get me.”

However, Anetra Pattman, who teaches social studies at an alternative school in Barrow County, had to remain calm and stay with her own class, the newspaper reported.

“At that time, the most important thing was to continue communicating with my daughter, but now I am also responsible for the safety of my other children,” Pattman said.

The teacher told the newspaper that her school went into lockdown before she was reunited with her 14-year-old daughter Macey later that afternoon.

The student accused of opening fire at Apalachee High School has been booked into the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center, WSB-TV reported.

Colt Gray, 14, is accused of killing four people and wounding nine others during the attack.

The Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center is located about an hour north of Apalachee High School in Winder.

Gray, an Apalachee High School student, will be charged with murder and tried as an adult, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said.

Stepheny Price of Fox News contributed to this report.

A Georgia towing company is offering free services to students and teachers at Apalachee High School following the shooting there on Wednesday.

The owner of All County Towing and Recovery told Fox5 Atlanta that they don’t want the victims of the shooting to have to go back to school so soon, so they are offering free towing services for vehicles parked in the school parking lots.

At least five vehicles were towed from the property overnight, the owner said, saying he used to go to the school and that shooting victim Richard Aspinwall was his soccer coach.

The FBI has confirmed that the suspected gunman who shot and killed two students and two teachers and wounded nine others at a Georgia high school on Wednesday has been on its radar as a potential threat since last year.

In a joint statement, the FBI’s Atlanta office and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said the agency’s National Threat Operations Center received an anonymous tip about threats posted online regarding a possible school shooting in May 2023.

According to the authorities, the threats contained images of weapons.

Within 24 hours of receiving the anonymous tip, investigators determined the threats originated in Georgia and the case was referred to the sheriff’s office.

“The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office located a possible victim, a 13-year-old male, and interviewed him and his father,” the FBI said. “The father stated he had shotguns in his home, but the victim did not have unescorted access to them.”

On Wednesday, authorities identified Colt Gray, now 14, as the gunman who shot and killed two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School. Gray surrendered to authorities and was captured after the rampage.

Authorities have identified the four victims killed in a shooting at a Georgia high school Wednesday morning, when a student opened fire inside the school.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Director Chris Hosey said two 14-year-old students and two teachers were killed in the shooting.

Hosey identified two students killed at Apalachee High School: Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14. Hosey said math teachers Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irmie were also killed in the shooting.

One of the teacher victims, Aspinwall, was also a football coach at the school.

“Coach Aspinwell was one of the kindest teachers I have ever met. He always let me know that if I needed help with anything, he was there for me,” one student wrote in an Instagram tribute.