Colt Gray, the 14-year-old suspect in the Georgia school shooting, had lived in multiple rental homes, as revealed in the to court documents. He and his father, Colin Gray, 54, are charged with the killings of two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Barrow County.
The teen’s family lived in two rental properties in Jefferson, Georgia, a small town with approximately 15,000 people.In one rental property, they were evicted in May 2022, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. Following Colin and Marcee Gray’s divorce, the family of five was split, with Colt living with his father while his two younger siblings initially stayed with their mother.
Short-lived residence in Jefferson
After the divorce, Colin and Colt rented a different home in a subdivision in Jefferson. Neighbors said they only lived there for a “couple of months” before moving again. This was the home where police interviewed Colt and Colin after Colt allegedly made violent threats in May 2023 to shoot up the middle school.
Final move to Winder
Colin and Colt moved to a new rental property in Winder, Georgia, by November 2023, which was where Colt resided before his arrest following the school shooting. The Winder home was also where Colt’s mother vandalized her ex-husband’s truck in a rampage that resulted in her imprisonment.
‘Colt wants us to have a simple life’
In recently released police interrogation transcripts, Colin Gray spoke about his son, saying, “[Colt’s] gone through a lot” and that Colt wanted a “simple life.”
“Colt just wants us to have a simple life. All that like, he should be excited about getting into 8th grade. It just was very difficult for him to go to school and not get picked on by, you know, it went from one thing to another to, you know, he was talking to the couple friends he has,” Colin Gray said.
“I was trying to get him on the golf team… like, ‘Oh look Colt’s gay. He’s dating that guy.’ Just ridiculed him day after day after day,” Colin Gray added.
Colin Gray told investigators that Colt struggled with his parents’ divorce. The father mentioned that Colt “had some problems” at his previous school, West Jackson Middle, but had improved since transferring to Jefferson Middle School, according to Fox News.
Shooting incident
The Apalachee High School shooting on September 4 was reported at 9:30 a.m., and law enforcement arrived within minutes, according to GBI Director Chris Hosey. Nine people were injured, seven of them shot. Officers quickly arrested 14-year-old Colt Gray, who is being tried as an adult on four counts of murder for allegedly using a semiautomatic AR-style rifle to kill two students and two teachers. His father, Colin Gray, also faces related charges, as prosecutors continue efforts to hold parents accountable in school shootings.
The teen’s family lived in two rental properties in Jefferson, Georgia, a small town with approximately 15,000 people.In one rental property, they were evicted in May 2022, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. Following Colin and Marcee Gray’s divorce, the family of five was split, with Colt living with his father while his two younger siblings initially stayed with their mother.
Short-lived residence in Jefferson
After the divorce, Colin and Colt rented a different home in a subdivision in Jefferson. Neighbors said they only lived there for a “couple of months” before moving again. This was the home where police interviewed Colt and Colin after Colt allegedly made violent threats in May 2023 to shoot up the middle school.
Final move to Winder
Colin and Colt moved to a new rental property in Winder, Georgia, by November 2023, which was where Colt resided before his arrest following the school shooting. The Winder home was also where Colt’s mother vandalized her ex-husband’s truck in a rampage that resulted in her imprisonment.
‘Colt wants us to have a simple life’
In recently released police interrogation transcripts, Colin Gray spoke about his son, saying, “[Colt’s] gone through a lot” and that Colt wanted a “simple life.”
“Colt just wants us to have a simple life. All that like, he should be excited about getting into 8th grade. It just was very difficult for him to go to school and not get picked on by, you know, it went from one thing to another to, you know, he was talking to the couple friends he has,” Colin Gray said.
“I was trying to get him on the golf team… like, ‘Oh look Colt’s gay. He’s dating that guy.’ Just ridiculed him day after day after day,” Colin Gray added.
Colin Gray told investigators that Colt struggled with his parents’ divorce. The father mentioned that Colt “had some problems” at his previous school, West Jackson Middle, but had improved since transferring to Jefferson Middle School, according to Fox News.
Shooting incident
The Apalachee High School shooting on September 4 was reported at 9:30 a.m., and law enforcement arrived within minutes, according to GBI Director Chris Hosey. Nine people were injured, seven of them shot. Officers quickly arrested 14-year-old Colt Gray, who is being tried as an adult on four counts of murder for allegedly using a semiautomatic AR-style rifle to kill two students and two teachers. His father, Colin Gray, also faces related charges, as prosecutors continue efforts to hold parents accountable in school shootings.