Authorities have confirmed that the student accused of the tragic shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia had concealed a semiautomatic assault rifle in his backpack on the morning of the incident. The 14-year-old suspect, identified as Colt Gray, left his second-period classroom after obtaining permission to visit the front office but instead hid in a bathroom before commencing the assault.
According to reports from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith, Colt Gray had been displaying concerning behavior prior to the shooting. His mother, Marcee Gray, revealed that she had contacted the school on the morning of the incident after receiving distressing text messages from her son. School officials had already been alerted to Colt's references to school shootings by one of his teachers.
