Colt Gray’s mom, Marcee Gray’s troubling criminal record explored as dad, Colin is jailed as he is held accountable for his teen son’s Apalachee school shooting after buying the 14 year old an AR-15 high velocity rifle after previously being told by FBI investigators to make sure the boy had no unsupervised access to guns following allegations of threatening a school shooting.
Perhaps it was inevitable… The mother of 14-year-old Georgia school shooter Colt Gray has a lengthy rap sheet including domestic violence, drug use and fraud that led to her being sentenced to jail time last December.
Gray was arrested on Wednesday at Apalachee High School in Winder, after fatally gunning down two students, two teachers and injuring countless others after excusing himself from Algebra class only to return with the AR-15 rifle his dad bought him for Christmas.
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As he surrendered to police officers the 14 year old reportedly told officers, ‘I did it’ as he was being read his Miranda rights.
His father, 54-year-old Colin Gray, during police questioning admitted buying the teen gunman the AR-15-style rifle the boy used and was arrested Thursday on several counts of second degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to children.
The father’s arrest follows Georgia authorities holding the parent accountable for the mass school shooting after buying the 14 year old an AR-15 high velocity rifle used in the gunning, after previously being told by FBI investigators to make sure the boy had no unsupervised access to guns following allegations of threatening a school shooting in May of 2023.
But there was more to come. From Colt Gray’s mom side.
Public records show that Gray’s mother, Marcee Gray, having a criminal record dating back to 2007 and spent time in jail as recently as this past April and was banned from contacting father Colin without a third party intermediary.
Mom’s troubling criminal history
Marcee Gray, 43, has a record across four Georgia counties and includes drug use, domestic violence and property damage, as well as civil claims of fraud.
She was arrested November 6, 2023, on allegations of possession of meth, fentanyl and muscle relaxants but was never charged on the drugs, only the vehicle fraud according to the dailymail.
Last December, Gray pled guilty to counts of using a license plate to conceal identity, damage to property and trespassing/family violence, as she used a tag for a Nissan Kick to conceal the identity of her Nissan Rogue.
Gray – listed on her LinkedIn page as a Senior Quality Engineer at a local factory – was eligible under a Georgia law that allows certain defendants to plead guilty without being convicted, according to AJC.
On December 21, she was sentenced to five years in jail and banned from having any contact with Colt’s father Colin, as well as paying out $1,500 to an Atlanta construction company in restitution.
Gray only had to spend 46 days in confinement before getting the rest on probation, while also having to take part in a family violence intervention program and not use drugs or alcohol.
Colt Gray’s inevitable arrest and criminal descent
As recently as April 12, the parent was charged in connection with a November 4 aggravated battery against a 73-year-old woman, as well as theft, false imprisonment, criminal trespass and failure to appear when she threw the woman against a wall.
She also taped the elderly woman’s hands and feet to keep her from leaving and broke a bathroom mirror in the woman’s home.
Gray’s other charges include misdemeanor traffic offenses in 2019, a speeding charge in 2014 and traffic offenses in 2007.
The most she was ever punished was 12 months of probation and 40 hours community service.
She also has been accused of civil fraud by a local Chevrolet dealership, saying she bought a 2018 Suburban with a $10,000 check with her and Colin’s names on is that was ‘dishonored due to lack of funds’.
Gray was ordered to pay over $19,000 in restitution and attorney fees, with records showing that Colin’s paychecks were being garnished to help pay down the debt.
Lauren Vickers, a neighbor, told the New York Post that the family had been trouble ever since moving into the neighborhood in 2022 and the kids were clearly not being taken care of.
‘There were nights where the mom would lock him and his sister out the house. And they would be banging on the back door, just screaming like ‘Mom! mom! mom!’ and crying. It was absolutely devastating,’ she said.
She added that Marcee was often clearly intoxicated, even when driving her children – shooter Colt was described as ‘quiet’ – to school.
‘I would find her in the driveway, passed out, with the car running and blaring music early in the morning,’ Vickers added.
A former landlord for the Grays described Marcee as a ‘f***-up’ while Colt was ‘trying his best’.
Colt Gray is scheduled to appear in court on Friday where he faces four first degree felony charges of murder.
Wednesday’s shooting in Georgia was the deadliest at a school this year, based on data from the Gun Violence Archive. It is also the deadliest school shooting in state history. It should have never been inevitable… but here we are. Welcome to a brave new America.
