A girl claiming to be Colt Grey’s aunt advised police she was “frightened” her nephew was the gunman accountable for the Georgia highschool capturing within the hours after the bloodshed, in accordance with a report.
By way of tears, the girl advised police Grey despatched an ominous textual content to his mom earlier than 4 individuals had been killed at Apalachee Excessive College — which introduced Friday it will stay closed till Sept. 23.
“Hey, um, my mother simply texted me and mentioned that my nephew texted his mother and pa this morning and advised them that he was actually sorry and he goes to the highschool, Apalachee,” Grey’s aunt advised police, who solely gave the title Annie, in accordance with dispatch reviews obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Structure.
Annie’s name was timestamped at 11:46 a.m. on Sept. 4, practically an hour and a half after Grey allegedly used an AR-15 rifle his father gave him for Christmas to slaughter two college students and two lecturers.
By the point the girl known as, {the teenager} was already in police custody, however his identification was nonetheless underneath wraps.
“My mother simply known as me and mentioned that Colt texted his mother, my sister, and his dad that he was sorry, they usually known as the college and advised the counselor to go get him instantly, after which she mentioned she noticed that there had been a capturing and I’m simply frightened it was him,” Annie mentioned within the name.
Annie desperately requested the dispatcher to get in touch together with her sister, who she recognized as Marcee, earlier than giving her sister’s cellphone quantity.
The dispatcher then promised to have somebody get in touch together with her.
The decision corroborates The Put up’s earlier reporting that Grey despatched Marcee Grey a message studying: I’m sorry, mother” earlier than he allegedly carried out the bloodbath.
After getting Colt’s textual content, Marcee rushed into her automobile and tried to warn college directors in regards to the haunting conduct — however college workers wrongly eliminated the backpack of one other child with an identical title who additionally was out of the room shortly earlier than gunfire erupted.
4 individuals had been killed within the capturing, college students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, each 14, math instructor Cristina Irimie, 53, and assistant soccer coach Richard “Ricky” Aspinwall, 39. 9 others had been injured.
Apalachee Excessive College introduced Friday it’s planning a “phased return to highschool” for the week of Sept. 23 — greater than two weeks after the tragedy.
The college will present on-campus psychological well being assist and house for relocated courses as college students return to the classroom, Principal Jessica Rehberg mentioned in a message to the neighborhood.
About 1,900 college students attend Apalachee Excessive College.
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“I do know that you just, like me, are experiencing a variety of feelings and attempting to make sense of the tragedy that struck our neighborhood,” Rehberg wrote. “Whereas we could by no means have the proper phrases or solutions to fulfill the questions and challenges that face us, I imagine we’re higher collectively.”
All different colleges in Barrow County reopened on Tuesday, after closing for 3 days following the capturing.
Grey, who reportedly advised authorities “I did it” instantly after the occasion, was charged as an grownup with 4 counts of homicide.
His father, Colin Grey, was additionally arrested for giving a weapon to his troubled son. He was charged with 4 counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree homicide and eight counts of cruelty to kids.