{"id":2337162,"date":"2024-09-05T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-had-eyes-on-colt-gray-over-a-year-before-horrifying-georgia-shooting-once-saw-him-as-a-potential-threat\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T10:55:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:55:42","slug":"fbi-had-eyes-on-colt-gray-over-a-year-before-horrifying-georgia-shooting-once-saw-him-as-a-potential-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-had-eyes-on-colt-gray-over-a-year-before-horrifying-georgia-shooting-once-saw-him-as-a-potential-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Had Eyes on Colt Gray Over a Year Before Horrifying Georgia Shooting; Once Saw Him as a Potential Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-had-eyes-on-colt-gray-over-a-year-before-horrifying-georgia-shooting-once-saw-him-as-a-potential-threat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2337162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A tragic shooting\u2063 occurred at Apalachee High School \u200bin Winder, Georgia, where \u206314-year-old Colt Gray allegedly \u2064shot and killed four individuals\u2014two students and two teachers\u2014while\u2063 injuring nine \u2064others. This\u200d incident \u2064is particularly alarming\u2063 as Gray had\u200b previously been under investigation \u200bby the FBI for making threats related to a school\u2064 shooting earlier in May 2023. Although the \u2064FBI received anonymous tips regarding\u200c these threats, they\u2062 concluded that there was \u200dinsufficient evidence for further action at that\u200d time. Following the shooting, law\u2064 enforcement is now examining the timeline and planning behind the incident. Investigations are ongoing, with\u2062 no clear motive\u2064 identified for the attack. \u2062Authorities, including the\u200d FBI and ATF, are \u2064actively involved in determining the circumstances surrounding this tragedy \u2064while the \u2063community grieves \u2062for the victims.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The suspect in a Georgia high school shooting that left four dead had been under investigation by the FBI for making similar threats a year beforehand, multiple reports confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Colt Gray, 14, surrendered to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-parents-demand-schools-defund-school-resource-officers\/\" title=\"Maryland Parents Demand Schools \u2018Defund\u2019 School Resource Officers\">school resource officer<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/casualties-reported-shooting-georgia-high-school-governor-directs-available-state-resources-respond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allegedly shooting<\/a> four people dead and injuring nine others at Apalachee High School in Winder, a town in Barrow County, Georgia, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s being charged as an adult in the murders of two students &mdash; Christian Angulo and Mason Schermerhorn, both 14 &mdash; as well as 39-year-old teacher Richard Aspinwall and 53-year-old teacher Christina Irmie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/live-blog\/georgia-apalachee-school-shooting-live-updates-rcna169579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The other victims are expected to make recoveries.<\/p>\n<p>Officials with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/opening-day-atlanta-six-flags-turns-chaos-gunfight-erupts-police-violent-crowd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia Bureau of Investigations<\/a> confirmed early Thursday morning that law enforcement was still looking at a timeline of how the shooting was planned and carried out, he said.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re still investigating that aspect of it,&rdquo; said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woke-lawmakers-call-accountability-atlanta-shooting-georgia-bureau-investigation-gives-big-reminder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GBI<\/a> Director Chris Hosey. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re still trying to clarify a lot of the timeline from the time that he got here to school today until the incident took place.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, one thing is clear: Gray, if he is the shooter, was already on the radar of the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/barrow-county\/suspect-deadly-apalachee-high-school-shooting-has-made-school-shooting-threats-before-fbi-says\/B6QSGMRF4FA2DBQJOJESJ3EUIU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSB-TV<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-mayor-recently-met-biden-now-fbi-investigation-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI investigation<\/a> was opened in May of 2023 after alleged online threats made by the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Jackson County Sheriff Janis Mangum said they were made aware of the threats made to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/autistic-teen-among-multiple-killed-in-georgia-shooting-as-new-details-come-to-light\/\" title=\"Autistic Teen Among Multiple Killed in Georgia Shooting as New Details Come to Light\">online gaming site<\/a>, and interviewed a 13-year-old and his father,&rdquo; WSB reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The boy denied making the threats. Investigators determined that the threats could not be substantiated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The boy&rsquo;s father confirmed that he had hunting guns in the house, but that he did not have unsupervised access to the weapons.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The FBI confirmed the investigation in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In May 2023, the FBI&rsquo;s National Threat Operations Center received several anonymous tips about online threats to commit a school shooting at an unidentified location and time,&rdquo; the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The online threats contained photographs of guns. Within 24 hours, the FBI determined the online post originated in Georgia and the FBI&rsquo;s Atlanta Field Office referred the information to the Jackson County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office for action.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The statement went on to say that &ldquo;[a]t that time, there was no probable cause for arrest or to take any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-to-know-about-the-georgia-school-shooting-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Everything to know about the Georgia school shooting - Washington Examiner\">additional law enforcement action<\/a> on the local, state, or federal levels.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIAtlanta?\">@FBIAtlanta<\/a> just confirmed the investigation into Apalachee High School alleged shooter Colt Gray in 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dn3XVzEJX8\">pic.twitter.com\/dn3XVzEJX8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cody Alcorn (@CodyAlcorn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CodyAlcorn\/status\/1831484766136496234?\">September 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was unclear from the statements and releases as to whether any agency, federal or local, kept tabs on Gray after the initial investigation.<\/p>\n<p>No motive has yet been announced, nor is it clear that any clues pointing to one emerged in interviews with the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why it happened. We may never know,&rdquo; said Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/04\/us-news\/fbi-investigated-alleged-apalachee-high-school-shooter-colt-gray-14-in-2023-over-school-shooting-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-top-fbi-official-spills-beans-biden-harris-doj-says-mar-lago-raid-just-didnt-smell-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the FBI<\/a> is one of the agencies on the scene at Apalachee High School, according to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are still gathering information but the FBI and ATF are on the scene, working with state, local and federal partners,&rdquo; Garland said during a media briefing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m devastated for the families who have been affected by this terrible tragedy. 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Fourteen-year-old Colt Gray turned himself in to a school resource officer after allegedly killing four individuals and injuring nine others at Apalachee High School in Winder, Barrow County, Georgia. He is facing adult charges for the murders of two 14-year-old students\u2014Christian Angulo and Mason Schermerhorn\u2014as well as 39-year-old teacher Richard Aspinwall and 53-year-old teacher Christina Irmie, as reported by NBC News. The other injured victims are expected to recover. Officials from the Georgia Bureau of Investigations stated that they are still examining the timeline of how the shooting was planned and executed. <\/p>\n<p>GBI Director Chris Hosey mentioned that they are working to clarify details from when Gray arrived at school until the incident occurred. It has been confirmed that Gray was already on law enforcement&#8217;s radar prior to this event. According to WSB-TV, an FBI investigation began in May 2023 following alleged online threats made by Gray regarding a potential school shooting. Jackson County Sheriff Janis Mangum noted that authorities were informed about these threats related to an online gaming platform and interviewed both a 13-year-old boy (who denied making any threats) and his father.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI later confirmed receiving several anonymous tips about these online threats which included images of firearms; however, no probable cause for arrest or further action was established at that time.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear whether any agency monitored Gray after this initial inquiry or if any motives have emerged during interviews with him following the incident. Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith expressed uncertainty over why this tragedy occurred: &#8220;I don\u2019t know why it happened. We may never know.&#8221; U.S Attorney General Merrick Garland stated that both the FBI and ATF are present at Apalachee High School collaborating with local authorities while offering support resources for those affected by this tragic event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2337163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/georgia-tragedy.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[40177,5591,40175,40178],"class_list":["post-2337162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-colt-gray","tag-fbi","tag-georgia-shooting","tag-potential-threat"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/georgia-tragedy.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}