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Chilling unearthed video shows alleged Georgia school shooter Colt Gray smeared with blood after hunting trip
By Chris Nesi,
5 hours ago
Newly unearthed footage shows alleged Georgia school shooter Colt Gray — his cheeks smeared with blood — brandishing an AR-15-style rifle at age 12 after shooting his first deer while hunting with his father.
The video, shot and narrated by Colt’s dad, Colin Gray, in January, 2023, captures the baby-faced accused killer, now 14, in full camouflage gear, cradling the .450 Bushmaster as he approaches the body of the felled animal.
Gray insists his young son pose with the rifle and dead deer, excitedly telling the camera: “I’ll follow you, sir. Holy crap, look at that, brother!” according to the post on mom Marcee Gray’s Instagram Reels.
Alleged Georgia school shooter Colt Gray seen posing with AR-15 and a bloodied face a year before Apalachee tragedy as father bragged about hunting trip Marcee Gray/Instagram Colt’s aunt said that her nephew was struggling with mental health issues, and had been “begging for help from everybody around him” months before the massacre. Marcee Gray/Instagram Colin Gray told the cops they kept several hunting rifles in the house, which he admitted Colt had occasional access to under supervision. Marcee Gray/Instagram
The father even uses the moment to share a little gun safety advice with the preteen.
“Go ahead and lay your rifle down on it, barrel up, so you don’t get mud in the barrel. Lay the gun down like we had for the picture — remember, it’s still loaded,” Gray warns.
Colt then squats beside the beast and lifts its head up to pose for pictures as Gray beams with pride.
“On your first-ever deer hunt — big old giant three-pointer. Amazing! Look at that, son. What a hell of a shot! Yes sir!” Gray says, pegging the kill distance at 107 yards.
He asks the boy about the “kickback” of the rifle, which Colt says he didn’t feel at all.
Colin would later allude to a bloody-cheeked photo of Colt when Jackson County Sheriff’s officers visited the family’s home three months later pursuant to an FBI tip that the teen had threatened to shoot up a middle school, calling the pair’s day in the woods “the greatest day ever.”
Colt Gray’s father, Colin, was charged with four counts of manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children. AP Colt Gray was charged as an adult with four counts of murder in the deaths of Mason Schermerhorn, Christian Angulo, Richard Aspinwall, and Cristina Irimie. via REUTERS
Less than two years after the father-son bonding moment was captured on video, both have been charged with manslaughter and murder in the wake of the shooting at Apalachee High School , which claimed four lives and sent nine others to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Colt pulled the trigger, while his dad supplied the gun, even if he had no idea what the boy would do, authorities say.
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