A chilling video shows students at Apalachee High School being evacuated through the school hallway where the young gunman allegedly opened fire and killed four people — filing past a discarded assault rifle and what appears to be a body covered with a white sheet.
The black AR-15-style rifle supposedly used by Colt Gray, 14, is seen with a magazine still attached and a second magazine lying next to it in the eerie hallway.
A body is covered by a white sheet nearby.
The exact manufacturer of the gun is still unknown, but authorities confirmed that the AR-style weapon was used in the Wednesday morning shooting.
A non-modified, magazine-fed, gas-operated, semi-automatic AR-15 fires at a rate of 45 rounds per minute, according to the manufacturer’s website.
Gray surrendered to officers at the scene and was taken into custody, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
One shaken Apalachee sophomore told 11Alive how he narrowly avoided a run-in with the gunman moments before the shots rang out.
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“I was going to go to the bathroom right before it happened. And I’m so glad I didn’t because I’d probably be dead right now if I did,” the 10th grader told the outlet, which did not name him.
Just a few seconds later, he heard gunshots nearby.
“I heard gunshots, and then my teacher told us to get in the corner. I heard screaming and police officers like, ‘Get down!’” he said of the terrifying scene.
One of the boy’s teacher’s was shot, he said, as was a friend of his friend.
Colt Gray was investigated by the FBI last year for allegedly making school shooting threats online, the agency confirmed.
Gray’s father told the authorities that there were hunting weapons in their home, but insisted that his son – then just 13 – did not have unsupervised access to them.
The motive behind Wednesday’s attack is still under investigation.
