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Mother of Georgia high school shooting suspect has extensive criminal record
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Mother of Georgia high school shooting suspect has extensive criminal record

The mother of the 14-year-old accused of killing four people at a Georgia high school has a criminal record dating back more than 17 years in four counties, court documents show.

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 high school student; Christian Angulo, a 14-year-old high school student; Richard Aspinwall, a teacher; and Christina Irimie, another teacher.

His father, Colin Gray, 54, was arrested Thursday in connection with the shooting and charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children.

An arrest warrant for the father obtained by CNN shows he allegedly gave his son an AR-15-style rifle “knowing he was a danger to himself and others.”

Marcee Ann Gray, 43, has been charged in Barrow, Fulton, Forsyth and Ben Hill counties with charges including domestic violence, drug possession, destruction of property and traffic violations, multiple sources said.

Her criminal record began in March 2007 and included five traffic offences involving reckless driving, making an incorrect right turn and drink-driving, according to court documents obtained by The Independent.

In 2008, she pleaded guilty and paid a $600 fine before receiving 12 months of probation and 40 hours of community service, according to Fulton County court records. Her probation was completed in August 2010.

Additionally, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that a car dealer sued her in 2019 for writing a fake check as a down payment.

She was recently arrested in November 2023 for drug possession. Police said she was found in her car with a “glass jar containing a crystalline substance known to be methamphetamine,” according to a Barrow County arrest warrant.

The warrant also listed details such as her having a “red, clear baggie containing a powdery substance called fentanyl,” “a clear glass pipe used for ingesting narcotics,” cyclobenzaprine tablets in a baggie and that she had someone else’s license plate number affixed to her vehicle.

She eventually pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors: second-degree destruction of property, trespassing, and using a license plate to conceal her identity.

According to the plea documents, her seven-year sentence was reduced to a month and a half in jail and five years of probation for misdemeanors. The judge also ordered her not to use drugs or alcohol and not to have contact with her husband.

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

A bail order prohibited her from having contact with the victim and charged her with aggravated assault on a person 65 or older, theft by dragging, unlawful imprisonment and criminal trespassing.

On LinkedIn in 2021, her occupation was listed as senior quality engineer and her “about me” article stated, “continuous improvement is my obsession.”

A report filed in May 2023 describes how the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a tip from the FBI that her 13-year-old son “may have threatened to shoot up a high school tomorrow.”

An audio recording of a sheriff’s interview with Colin Gray revealed that the father and son separated, leaving the mother with the family’s two younger siblings.

Colin Gray also told an investigator that Colt had a hard time dealing with the separation at first.

“He had a hard time in the beginning with the divorce and everything. School was kind of so-so,” Colin said in the transcript of the conversation. “So I went to school a ton of times just tracking with him, you know?”

Colin subsequently admitted that he had firearms in his home that he used for hunting, but that his son was only allowed to use them under supervision.

A report said the teen’s father was advised to “put away” the firearms and keep him out of school “until this matter is resolved.”

Ultimately, investigators informed the father that the tip sent to the FBI could not be substantiated and that no further action could be taken.

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

Later, his father entered the same courtroom and was told he could face a maximum of 180 years in prison.

The father and son will return in December for a preliminary hearing.