Mom of suspect in Georgia school shooting indicted and is accused of taping a parent to a chair
Sep 21, 2024, 11:02 AM
A memorial is seen at Apalachee High School after the Wednesday school shooting, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Winder, Georgia. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
(AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
FITZGERALD, Ga. (AP) — The mother of a Georgia teenager charged with fatally shooting four people at his high school has been indicted in connection with an alleged domestic incident last year.
The indictment handed down Monday charges Marcee Gray, 43, with exploiting an elderly person and other crimes in Ben Hill County, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
It appears unrelated to the school shootings at Apalachee High School, which occurred in a different Georgia county nearly 200 miles (320 kilometers) away.
Gray is 14-year-old Colt Gray’s mother. Police charged Gray with murder after surrendering to police at the high school on Sept. 4. Authorities say the boy brought an assault-style rifle to school in his backpack and opened fire during morning classes, killing two students and two teachers and injuring nine others.
The indictment charging Marcee Gray stems from a domestic incident late last year, the Atlanta newspaper reported. It said a police incident report states Gray’s 74-year-old mother told authorities
Nov. 4 that Gray had taken her phone, taped her to a chair and left her for nearly a full day.
The incident report said Gray bound her mother before traveling to Barrow County to confront her ex-husband. He lived with their son and two other children.
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The Atlanta newspaper said records show authorities arrested Gray in Barrow County on Nov. 6., two days after her mother was found. She received a 45 jail day sentence after pleading guilty to charges of criminal trespassing, using a license plate to disguise her car and causing property damage.
Gray has said she called her son’s high school the morning of the shootings to warn the staff after Colt
Gray sent her a text message saying, “I’m sorry.” Days later, she issued a statement saying her son “is not a monster.”
Police charged the teenager’s father, Colin Gray, with involuntary manslaughter. Along with that, he was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children. Authorities say he gave his son access to the rifle used in the shootings.
