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(NewsNation) — A teen accused of sidesplitting 4 people and injuring 9 others astatine his Georgia precocious schoolhouse was interviewed by the FBI successful 2023.
Authorities named Apalachee pupil Colt Gray arsenic the suspect, and helium is expected to beryllium charged with execution and tried arsenic an adult, according to instrumentality enforcement.
The teen had been interviewed aft the FBI received anonymous tips successful May 2023 astir online threats to perpetrate an unspecified schoolhouse shooting, the bureau said successful a statement.
The FBI narrowed the threats down and referred to the lawsuit to the sheriff’s section successful Jackson County, which is adjacent to Barrow County.
The sheriff’s bureau interviewed the then-13-year-old and his father, who said determination were hunting guns successful the location but the teen did not person unsupervised entree to them. The teen besides denied making immoderate online threats.
Retired FBI Special Agent Bobby Chacon told NewsNation's "Banfield" connected Wednesday that adjacent though Jackson County officials received accusation connected Gray, that wasn't capable to complaint him with immoderate crime.
"It comes down to, has a transgression been committed? If it hasn't, past there's nary enactment to beryllium taken different than to archer the schoolhouse you request to support an oculus connected this kid," Chacon said. "You request to person much engagement successful him, whether it beryllium with a guidance counselor, with a schoolhouse psychologist. ... The schoolhouse is acceptable up to bash that, absent a transgression being committed. That's each that authorities tin do."
Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said the authorities Division of Family and Children’s Services besides had erstwhile interaction with the teen and volition analyse whether that has immoderate transportation with the shooting.
Authorities were inactive looking into however the fishy obtained the weapon utilized successful the shooting and got it into the schoolhouse successful Barrow County, a rapidly suburbanizing country connected the borderline of metro Atlanta’s ever-expanding sprawl.
Students and parents locomotion disconnected field astatine Apalachee High School, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, successful Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Police stitchery extracurricular Apalachee High School aft a shooting astatine the schoolhouse Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, successful Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
A aesculapian chopper is seen successful beforehand of Apalachee High School aft a shooting astatine the schoolhouse Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, successful Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Parents locomotion their kid retired of Apalachee High School aft a shooting astatine the school, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, successful Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart
Parents locomotion their kid retired of Apalachee High School aft a shooting astatine the schoolhouse Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, successful Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Parents locomotion to Apalachee High School aft a shooting astatine the schoolhouse Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, successful Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Ninth grader Jacob Fokuo describes the shooting astatine Apalachee High School, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, successful Winder, Ga. A shooting astatine the Georgia precocious schoolhouse Wednesday caused an chartless fig of injuries and a fishy was arrested successful a chaotic scene. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Students are evacuated to the shot stadium aft the schoolhouse field was placed connected lockdown astatine Apalachee High School successful Winder, Ga., connected Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Erin Clark via AP)
Students are evacuated to the shot stadium aft the schoolhouse field was placed connected lockdown astatine Apalachee High School successful Winder, Ga., connected Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Erin Clark via AP)
Law enforcement get arsenic students are evacuated to the shot stadium aft the schoolhouse field was placed connected lockdown astatine Apalachee High School successful Winder, Ga., connected Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Erin Clark via AP)
Students are evacuated to the shot stadium aft the schoolhouse field was placed connected lockdown astatine Apalachee High School successful Winder, Ga., connected Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (WSB via AP)
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
