BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — A court date has been scheduled for the suspect accused in the shooting at Apalachee High School on Wednesday.
Colt Gray, 14, has a bond hearing set for Friday at 8:30 a.m. at the Barrow County Courthouse.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Colt was a student at Apalachee High School. He has been charged with murder and he will be tried as an adult.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said that Gray was investigated in 2023 by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office after Gray allegedly posted online threats containing photos of guns in a threat to commit a school shooting. The time and location were unknown.
Gray was 13 years old at the time. At the time, the father said that though he had hunting guns in the house, his son did not have "unsupervised access" to them. The boy also denied making the online threats.
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CNN reported that a phone call was placed Wednesday morning that warned there would be shootings, with Apalachee High School being the first target. It's unclear at this time who that phone call was placed by.
The Barrow County Sheriff's Office said the first call came in at 9:30 a.m. about an active shooter.
CNN reported approximately 30 injuries in all, with many of those not requiring hospitalization. The GBI said that nine of those injuries required hospitalizations. Five people took themselves to the hospital reporting "anxiety" or "panic attack" symptoms following the shooting, according to a spokesperson with Northeast Georgia Health System.
Many students who were inside the high school at the time of the shooting reported hearing loud bangs, prompting a terrifying scene for students, staff and their families, who were left wondering whether they would see their children when they showed up at the high school.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp posted a statement on X saying he and his family are "heartbroken" and that he will continue to "make any and all resources available to help this community on this incredibly difficult day and in the days to come."
President Joe Biden said he and First Lady Jill Biden were "mourning the deaths of those whose lives were cut short due to more senseless gun violence and thinking of all of the survivors whose lives are forever changed."