BREMEN, Ga. — More details are revealed about 14-year-old Colt Gray who opened fire inside Apalachee High School, killing two students and two teachers.
Apalachee High School student Lyela Sayarath says she saw firsthand school staffers try to locate Colt Gray before something went wrong.
She said school officials came to her class Wednesday morning, but instead of asking for Colt Gray, they pulled fellow classmate Colton Gray from the classroom.
“My friend Colton did not do anything, but Colt is the shooter,” Sayarath said.
Sayarath says her friend Colton told her administrators had the wrong student and sent him back to class.
Minutes later Sayarath says she saw Colt at the door, and seconds after a classmate refused to open the door for Colt, Sayarth says she heard a barrage of gunfire.
“You just hear gunshots, it was about 10 to 15 of them,” she said.
Newly released bodycam video shows the moment investigators interrogated Gray.
Suspected Apalachee gunman Colt Gray first hit law enforcement’s radar after Jackson County deputies received a tip that the 14-year-old made threats to shoot up his school on the gaming app Discord in 2023.
“Like I told him, I promise I would never say something, so you haven’t used discord in a few months… yeah,” Gray said during the interview.
“I take you at your word and I hope you’re being honest with me,” an investigator said.
During the entire conversation, Gray is soft-spoken and swaying left and right while denying making any threats.
“Do you use Discord? Discord, um I used to. I don’t have it,” Gray said.
Investigators found no probable cause to arrest and charged Gray in the 2023 investigation.