Georgia shooter beforehand interviewed over on-line threats to commit faculty taking pictures, FBI says
The alleged shooter who killed 4 individuals at a Georgia highschool and wounded 9 others Wednesday beforehand made threats on-line to commit a faculty taking pictures, the FBI mentioned.
In a joint assertion, the FBI’s Atlanta area workplace and Jackson County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned the company’s Nationwide Menace Operations Middle obtained an nameless tip in Could 2023 about threats posted on-line concerning a attainable faculty taking pictures.
The threats contained pictures of weapons, the FBI mentioned.
Inside 24 hours, investigators decided the threats originated in Georgia and the matter was referred to the Sheriff’s Workplace.
“The Jackson County Sheriffs’ Office located a possible subject, a 13-year-old male, and interviewed him and his father,” the FBI said. “The father stated he had hunting guns in the house, but the subject did not have unsupervised access to them.”
The boy denied making the threats and authorities alerted native colleges to observe the kid.
On the time, there was no trigger to make an arrest, authorities mentioned.
On Wednesday, authorities recognized Colt Grey, 14, because the shooter who killed two college students and two lecturers at Apalachee Excessive Faculty. Grey give up to authorities and was taken into custody. He’s anticipated to charged as an grownup with homicide.
“As a follow to the Joint Statement just released, the subject referred to as the 13 year old is the same subject in custody related to today’s shootings at Apalachee High School,” the FBI mentioned.
On the time, the household resided in Jackson County in line with an FBI supply, however have since relocated to Barrow County, Georgia.
