Georgia School Shooter Was On FBI’s Watch List

The suspect of the Apalachee school shooting in Georgia that left four people dead and nine injured was previously on the FBI’s radar.

Over a year ago, the FBI interviewed Apalachee school shooter Colten Gray after he allegedly made online threats.

In the online posts in 2023, Gray allegedly threatened to shoot up a school, but the FBI did not arrest Gray due to not having enough evidence.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey stated, “Gray has been charged as an adult in the deaths of Apalachee High School students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, and instructors Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Christina Irimie, 53.”

🚨 JUST IN: The FBI has ADMITTED the Georgia school sh**ter was on their radar, as he had made threats to shoot up the school already, but they failed to act on it.

Probably because they’re more worried about concerned parents at school board meetings.

What the hell is the FBI… pic.twitter.com/RNrZe6B7mp

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 5, 2024

Just in: The FBI has confirmed that the Georgia teen suspect in the deadly school mass shooting has been on their radar since last year.

Four people were killed, and nine were injured at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga. pic.twitter.com/4ipLXQl8h1

— Andy Ngo 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) September 5, 2024

Per CBS:

Four people were killed and nine others were wounded after a 14-year-old student opened fire Wednesday at Apalachee High School in northern Georgia, authorities said.

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More information is emerging about the suspect, Colt Gray, as officials try to find out how the teen obtained the gun and determine a motive for the latest school shooting in the U.S.

More than a year ago, tips about online posts threatening a school shooting led Georgia police to interview a 13-year-old boy, but investigators didn’t have enough evidence for an arrest. On Wednesday, that boy opened fire at his high school outside Atlanta and killed four people and wounded nine, officials said.

The teen has been charged as an adult in the deaths of Apalachee High School students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, and instructors Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Christina Irimie, 53, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey.

said at a news conference.

At least nine other people — eight students and one teacher at the school in Winder, about an hour’s drive northeast of Atlanta — were taken to hospitals with injuries. All were expected to survive, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said.

Gray is currently being held at the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center.

While the FBI was busy chasing down MAGA grandmas who may have been in D.C. on J6, the bureau ignored warnings about the Georgia mass shooter.

No one is even surprised anymore. pic.twitter.com/bmnYhwLb2p

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) September 5, 2024

Here’s what Fox News reported:

Former FBI agent Rob D’Amico told “Fox & Friends First” on Thursday that the FBI and local law enforcement will “have to go back” and review the way it handled past interactions with Colt Gray, the suspected gunman who opened fire Wednesday at Apalachee High School.

The comment comes after the FBI confirmed that Gray has been on its radar as a possible threat since last year. In a joint statement, the FBI’s Atlanta field office and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said the agency’s National Threat Operations Center received an anonymous tip about threats posted online regarding a possible school shooting in May 2023.

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“There’s only so much you can do when you get those warnings,” D’Amico said. “The local officers went out and interviewed the father, interviewed the son – he denied making those online threats. The father said that the son did not have unfettered access to the weapons. They did what they could and then they left because there was no probable cause to take other action.

“And that actually happens a lot around the country all the time and they don’t result in school shootings later on, but this one actually did and they will have to go back and make sure everything was done properly,” D’Amico added.