Father of Georgia school shooting suspect arrested

The begetter of a 14-year-old lad accused of sidesplitting 4 radical astatine his precocious schoolhouse successful the US authorities of Georgia has been arrested.

Colin Gray, 54, is facing 4 charges of involuntary manslaughter, 2 counts of second-degree execution and 8 of cruelty to children, said the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).

Authorities person charged his son, Colt Gray, with 4 counts of execution and said they program to prosecute him arsenic an adult. His archetypal tribunal quality is owed connected Friday morning.

The shooting connected Wednesday astatine Apalachee High School successful the metropolis of Winder near 2 teachers and 2 students dead, and 9 others injured.

GBI Director Chris Hosey said successful a quality league connected Thursday evening that the charges against the begetter stem from "knowingly allowing his lad to person a weapon".

He said agents would "work tirelessly to implicit this probe arsenic we determination forward", but declined to reply questions astir however the kid acquired the gun.

The begetter was arrested by the GBI successful co-ordination with Jackson County District Attorney Brad Smith, and is presently being held successful custody, officials said.

Authorities are investigating whether the AR-style limb utilized successful the onslaught was a acquisition purchased by Mr Gray successful December 2023, instrumentality enforcement sources told CBS News, the BBC's US partner.

CNN reported that the limb was a vacation contiguous to his son.

In May 2023, the FBI sent section sheriff’s deputies to interrogation the lad and his begetter aft being alerted to online threats astir a schoolhouse shooting.

The boy, who was 13 astatine the time, denied posting the comments.

His begetter told investigators “he had hunting guns successful the house, but the taxable did not person unsupervised entree to them", the FBI said successful a connection connected Wednesday.

"At the time, determination was nary probable origin for an apprehension oregon to instrumentality immoderate further instrumentality enforcement enactment connected the local, authorities oregon national levels," the FBI connection said.

Officials accidental the threats were made connected the Discord societal platform, and contained images of guns.

The account's illustration sanction was successful Russian and translated to the surname of the attacker who killed 26 radical astatine Sandy Hook Elementary School successful Connecticut successful 2012.

A constabulary incidental study describing past year's interrogation with the lad and his begetter was released connected Thursday.

In the report, a lawman described the lad arsenic "reserved" and "calm" and said helium "assured maine helium ne'er made immoderate threats to sprout up immoderate school".

They said helium claimed to person deleted his Discord relationship due to the fact that it was repeatedly hacked.

The constabulary records besides uncover that the boy's parents were successful the process of divorcing, and that helium was staying with his begetter during the separation.

During the quality league connected Thursday, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said each 9 of those injured were expected to marque a afloat recovery.

Several victims had already near hospital, helium said.

In April, the parents of a Michigan teen who killed 4 students with a weapon they purchased for him conscionable days earlier the shooting were sentenced for their relation successful the attack.

James and Jennifer Crumbley were some recovered blameworthy of manslaughter and each sentenced to 10 to 15 years successful prison.

The lawsuit was wide reported to beryllium the archetypal clip the parents of a kid who had carried retired a wide shooting were held criminally liable.