Suspect in Georgia school shooting previously investigated for threats, FBI says

[Dulcinea]

(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) A teenager accused of killing four people at Apalachee High School in Barrow County was previously investigated for threats about a shooting, the FBI Atlanta office said late Wednesday.

Colt Gray, 14, was charged with murder after Wednesday’s shooting, according to investigators. He was not charged after an investigation last year.

In May 2023, the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center received several anonymous tips about threats to commit a school shooting made on an online gaming site, the FBI and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The threats didn’t identify a school or when it would happen, but they contained pictures of guns.

Investigators tracked the post to Georgia and to Jackson County, where sheriff’s deputies continued the investigation. A 13-year-old, Colt Gray, was interviewed along with his father, an FBI spokesman said.

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/barrow-school-shooting-suspect-previously-investigated-for-threats-fbi-says/URBYIRVIN5CBRFUDDTWV2HNNQE/

[gab13by13]

1. We do not have hate laws in the US.

The on line threats have to be specific, have to be actionable, before anyone can be arrested. With that said, if Georgia had a red flag law then this person could have been prevented from owning a gun. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[Irish_Dem]

2. The father gets an FBI visit and his child still has a gun?