The gun used in the shooting yesterday, which was used to kill two students and two teachers and wound nine others, was a Christmas gift from father to his future-gunman son last year.
From photographs at the school after the shooting, the gun appeared to be an AR-style rifle.
Here’s more from CNN:
The father of the mass shooting suspect accused of killing four people at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, told investigators this week he had purchased the gun used in the killings as a holiday present for his son in December 2023, according to two law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.
Colt Gray, a 14-year-old student, is accused of killing two students and two teachers with an AR-style rifle in the Wednesday shooting. Nine more people were hospitalized.
One source told CNN the AR-15-style rifle was purchased at a local gun store as a Christmas present.
The timeline the teen’s father, Colin Gray, provided to authorities would put the gun purchase months after authorities first contacted Gray and his family to investigate school shooting threats made online.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia closed that investigation because the tip about the threat could not be substantiated.
CNN has made several attempts to reach Colin Gray by phone and in person at the family home.
Here’s a decent video from CNN which details more about the threats that were made on discord by Gray and the subsequent investigation. You can also see the gunman’s mugshot, which I won’t post since he’s still alive. I stopped watching when they got to Joe Biden because I don’t give a crap about what he’s got to say:
Authorities are investigating whether the 14-year-old suspect in the Georgia school shooting obtained the gun from his father as a gift in 2023, sources tell @CBSNews. pic.twitter.com/OUo3wL3EeC
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) September 5, 2024
