One week after a school shooting in Georgia left two students and two teachers dead, the 14-year-old suspect’s mother has now come forward. She penned an open letter apologizing to victims’ families that was first obtained by CNN.
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Marcee Gray is the mother of 14-year-old Colt Gray, who has been arrested and charged with murder in the Apalachee High School shooting. This week, we also learned she made a phone call to the school the morning of the shooting, just moments before the gunfire.
In her open letter, Marcee Gray said she is “sorry from the bottom of my heart” to the parents and families impacted. She also said if she could take the place of the two students who died she would “without a second thought.”
While offering her condolences, she also wrote that her son Colt is “not a monster. He is my oldest baby.” She asked the community for prayers while offering her own.
His mother’s letter comes after it was reported Colt sent her a text message the morning of the shooting, saying only three words: “I’m sorry, mom.”
Marcee Gray said she called the school to warn of “an extreme emergency” at 9:50 a.m. ET last Wednesday, Sept. 4, and asked school officials to go get her son. Thirty minutes later, police responded to reports of the school shooting.
Colt Gray’s father, Colin, has also been charged in connection with the deadly shooting. He faces two second-degree murder charges, four counts of involuntary manslaughter, and eight counts of child cruelty.
The next court hearing for Colt and Colin Gray is set for Dec. 4.
[KARAH RUCKER]
IT’S BEEN ONE WEEK SINCE A SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA THAT LEFT TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS DEAD.
THE 14 YEAR OLD suspect’s MOTHER HAS NOW COME FORWARD —
WRITING AN OPEN LETTER THAT WAS FIRST OBTAINED BY CNN APOLOGIZING TO THE VICTIM’S FAMILIES.
THIS COMES JUST AS WE ALSO LEARNED THIS WEEK THE MOTHER MADE A PHONE CALL TO THE SCHOOL THE MORNING OF THE SHOOTING — JUST MOMENTS PRIOR TO THE GUNFIRE.
MARCEE GRAY IS THE MOTHER OF 14 YEAR OLD COLT GRAY — WHO HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING.
THE MOTHER WRITING AN OPEN LETTER — SAYING SHE IS “SORRY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART” TO THE PARENTS AND FAMILIES IMPACTED.
SHE ALSO SAYS IF SHE COULD TAKE THE PLACE OF THE TWO STUDENTS WHO DIED — SHE WOULD “WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT.”
WHILE OFFERING HER CONDOLENCES —
SHE ALSO WROTE THAT HER SON COLT IS “NOT A MONSTER” — BUT HER OLDEST BABY — AND ASKED THE COMMUNITY FOR PRAYERS WHILE OFFERING HER OWN.
HER LETTER COMES AFTER WE LEARNED HER SON COLT SENT HIS MOTHER A TEXT MESSAGE THE MORNING OF THE SHOOTING —
SAYING THREE WORDS. “I’M SORRY MOM.”
MARCEE GRAY SAYS SHE CALLED THE SCHOOL TO WARN OF “AN EXTREME EMERGENCY” AT 9:50 AM LAST WEDNESDAY —
ASKING SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO GO GET HER SON.
30 MINUTES LATER — POLICE WERE RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF THE SCHOOL SHOOTING.
COLT GRAY — CHARGED WITH MURDER — AND HIS **FATHER — CHARGED WITH second-degree murder — WILL APPEAR IN COURT DECEMBER FOURTH FOR PRELIMINARY HEARINGS.
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