Police have released the mugshot of Colt Gray , the 14-year-old accused of killing four and injuring nine in a shooting at a Georgia high school on Wednesday.
The mugshot shows him with long, shaggy blond hair as he regards the camera without expression. The hair tumbles over his shoulders, and his roots appear to be showing through with their natural color.
Gray stands accused of opening fire on a math classroom at Apalachee High School on Wednesday morning around 9:45 a.m., slaughtering two teachers and two students and injuring nine others in the process.
He then surrendered to the police after a school resource officer found him in the hallway of the building. The officer reportedly gave him an ultimatum — surrender, or die in an officer-involved shooting.
Gray laid down his weapon, which harrowing pictures show laying in a hallway near the classrooms he terrorized over several minutes Wednesday morning, then turned himself in.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and Barrow County Sheriff's Office have been working to extract information from the boy as they piece together what happened and what may have caused him to snap. During a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, Sheriff Jud Smith wouldn't speculate on a motive.
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The victims of the shooting were 14-year-old Mason Schermerhorn, 14-year-old Christian Angulo, math teacher Christina Irimie and math teacher Richard Aspinwall. Nine others, including special education teacher David Phenix, were injured by gunfire.
Phenix's daughter told the media that he had been shot in the foot and hip, with the bullet shattering his hip bone. By Wednesday afternoon, he was stable after undergoing surgery.
Gray's aunt, Annie Brown, told the Washington Post that he had been “pleading for assistance from those around him" as she said he was dealing with mental health issues that the adults around him weren't addressing.
Brown, who lives in Florida, told the publication that her nephew has a difficult home life as she added that she had tried to provide support from afar.
A series of posts on Facebook showed Brown coming to her nephew's defense as they drew criticism for their message, appearing to be a bit accusatory in nature.
"I will NOT disrespect other parents and families that are dealing with this tragedy on the opposite end," the teen's aunt wrote. "They DID NOT DESERVE THIS!!!! I WILL NOT do anything but humbly support the families involved in this incident that did not ask to be participants!!!!"
She added, "With that said, I WILL NOT leave my nephew standing alone!!!! When Uvalde happened, I told my own children that 'only hurt people hurt people.'"
"Just check yourself before you speak about a child that never asked to deal with the bull---- he saw on a daily basis," she concluded.
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