Colt Gray Mother Message: The unexpected before the shooting

Colt Gray’s Mother Senses Tragedy at School.
Shooting Leaves Four Dead.
Colt Sends Final Cryptic Message.

On the day of the tragedy, Marcee Gray was 200 miles away from Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, when she felt a deep sense of unease.

It was the early hours of Wednesday morning, the day that would change the lives of many families.

Marcee’s feeling was triggered by a text message she received from her 14-year-old son, Colt Gray.

The message was brief and unsettling: «I’m sorry, Mom.» When Marcee read those words, a chill ran down her spine.

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She had no idea what was about to happen but knew she had to act quickly.

Despite the distance, she immediately grabbed her phone and called Apalachee High School.

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She asked to speak with an administrator, urgently requesting that they check on her son Colt, according to CNN.

Marcee knew something was terribly wrong, even if she couldn’t put it into words.

Minutes later, while she waited for a response, tragedy struck the school.

“The counselor said, ‘Well, I wanted to let you know that this morning, one of Colt’s teachers emailed me, saying that Colt had been making references to school shootings,’” Marcee Gray recalled.

“I told them it was an extreme emergency, and they needed to go find Colt immediately to see how he was,” Marcee later explained in a text message to her sister. “I don’t understand why it took so long.”

A shooting had erupted in the school hallways. Chaos gripped the staff and students.

Gunfire echoed as fear and confusion overwhelmed the school. The toll of this tragic incident was devastating: two students and two teachers lost their lives.

Authorities arrived at the scene immediately, but the damage was already done. Marcee Gray, desperate for news of her son, couldn’t stop calling the school.

In an interview with ABC News, she shared her anguish and recounted her conversation with a school counselor.

“I would tell him that I love him, that Jesus and I will love him forever,” she said. “And I would tell him, ‘It’s not your fault.’ It’s not his fault.”