Georgia shooting suspect's mother claims she warned of an "extreme emergency"
In messages sent by Marcee Gray to her sister and obtained by 'The Washington Post,' she claims she "notified the school counselor at the high school" of an "extreme emergency" that her son would be involved in.
Marcee Gray alerted the high school that there was an "extreme emergency" that her son was involved in.
Marcee Gray, the mother of Colt Gray, alerted Apalachee High School that there was an "extreme emergency" that her son would be involved in minutes before the shooting occurred.
"I was the one that notified the school counselor at the high school. I told them it was an extreme emergency and for them to go immediately and find [my son] to check on him," can be read in messages Gray sent to her sister just after the shooting occurred and that were obtained, exclusively, by The Washington Post.
The media outlet also managed to obtain the Gray's family phone plan call log showing that a 10-minute call was indeed made from Marcee's cell phone at 9:50 a.m., a half-hour before Colt Gray opened fire on his companions, according to witnesses.
Annie Brown, Marcee Gray's sister, provided the evidence to the newspaper. Along with this, Colt Gray's aunt spoke to the media outlet claiming she was aware that the call was just one of many warnings her sister had given the school about her son.
As Brown explained, it had been a week since her sister had spoken to school counselors about the 14-year-old's mental health, and she herself had even spoken to relatives about the "homicidal and suicidal thoughts" she had perceived in her nephew.
However, Marcee Gray has also been in trouble with the law. The 43-year-old had a court record that included drug use, property damage and driving under the influence of alcohol.
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She also had problems with her ex-partner and Colt's father, Colin. The situation reached such a level that Colin was left with custody of Colt while Marcee was left in charge of the 14-year-old's two younger siblings.
All this could explain, in turn, why the FBI had its sights set on Colt Gray. However, it does not shed light on why the school did nothing.
In fact, according to The Washington Post, Marcee Gray was frustrated after learning that, despite her call, it took so long for high school officials to react.
She did so by stating, in a message sent to her sister, that the time that had passed between her call and the first shot was "just a long time for them to intervene so I’m curious to know what happened in that time."
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