Mom of suspect in Georgia school shooting indicted and is accused of taping a parent to a chair
FITZGERALD, Ga. — The mother of a Georgia teen accused of fatal shooting involving four people has been charged at his high school in connection with an alleged domestic incident last year.
The indictment filed Monday accuses Marcee Gray, 43, of exploiting an elderly person and other crimes in Ben Hill County, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reportedIt appears to have nothing to do with the Apalachee High School shooting, which took place in another Georgia county nearly 200 miles away.
Gray is the mother of 14-year-old Colt Gray, who was charged with murder after turning himself in to police at the high school. September 4thAuthorities said the boy had brought an assault rifle to school in his backpack and opened fire during morning classes, killing him. two students And two teachers and nine others were injured.
The charges against Marcee Gray stem from a domestic incident late last year, the Atlanta newspaper reported. According to a police report, Gray’s 74-year-old mother told authorities on Nov. 4 that Gray had taken her phone, tied her to a chair and left her alone for nearly an entire day.
The incident report said Gray tied up her mother before traveling to Barrow County to confront her ex-husband, who lived with their son and two other children. The Atlanta newspaper said documents show Gray was arrested in Barrow County on Nov. 6, two days after her mother was found, and sentenced to 45 days in jail after pleading guilty to charges of criminal trespassing, using a license plate to obscure her car and causing property damage.
Messages left Saturday on possible phone numbers for Gray were not immediately returned. It was not immediately known whether she had an attorney.
Gray said that she called her son’s high school the morning of the shooting to alert staff after Colt Gray texted her, saying, βIβm sorry.β Days later, she released a statement saying her son βis not a monster.β
The teenager’s father, Colin Grayhas also been charged with involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children. Authorities say he gave his son access to the gun used in the shooting.