Mom of Georgia School Shooting Suspect Says, ‘If I Could Take Their Place, I Would’
The suspected shooter's mother reportedly called the school minutes before the shooting
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Apalachee High SchoolThe mother of the 14-year-old accused of opening fire at his Georgia high school and killing four people gave an emotional interview to ABC News.
Marcee Gray, whose son, Colt Gray, is accused of killing two teachers and two 14-year-old students at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., spoke to the outlet and was reportedly in tears.
“If I could take their place, I would,” Marcee reportedly told the outlet. “I would in a heartbeat.”
The interview happened after The Washington Post reported that the suspected shooter’s aunt, Annie Brown, shared text messages showing that her sister had called the school minutes before the shooting and warned a counselor about an "extreme emergency."
“I was the one that notified the school counselor at the high school,” Marcee wrote to Brown in a text obtained by the outlet. “I told them it was an extreme emergency and for them to go immediately and find [my son] to check on him.”
The Post also obtained a call log from a shared family phone plan, showing a 10-minute call from Marcee’s phone to the school.
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The four people killed in the shooting were identified as students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo and teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39 and Christina Irimie, 53.
The alleged shooter is charged with four counts of felony murder, PEOPLE previously reported. Police also arrested the suspect’s father, Colin Gray, with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children.
ABC reported that neither the father or son has entered a plea and are due back in court in December.
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