Alleged Georgia high school shooter Colt Gray was picked on by his peers and frequently called “gay,” his father told investigators in a 2023 phone call, saying the bullying got so bad that the teen wanted to move out of the school district.
“I was trying to get him on the golf team. Like, ‘oh look Colt’s gay.’ ‘He’s dating that guy.’ Just ridiculed him day after day after day,” Colin Gray, 54, told authorities in a newly revealed transcript.
What we know about alleged Georgia school shooter Colt Gray’s family
- Georgia school shooting suspect Colt Gray had difficult home life filled with abuse and neglect.
- Gray’s mother, Marcee has multiple drug and domestic violence arrests.
- Gray’s father, Colin, allegedly bought his troubled son an AR-15 rifle for Christmas. He is now facing charges for supplying the weapon.
- Lauren Vickers, a neighbor of the family, says the children were often locked out of the home.
- Charles Polhamus, Gray’s maternal grandfather, says Colin Gray was verbally abusive towards his grandson and daughter.
- Gray’s aunt, Annie Brown, says Gray had been struggling with his mental health.
Colt, then 13, landed on the FBI’s radar last year after allegedly threatening to shoot up a middle school on Discord, an online messaging platform popular among gamers.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office paid a visit to the boy’s home and spoke to his father, who admitted his son was bullied and that he had access to firearms in the house.
“He’s going through a lot. He just wants us to have a simple life. It was very difficult for him to go to school and not get picked on,” said Colin, who now faces manslaughter and murder charges alongside his son.
