The household of Georgia faculty shooter Colt Grey threatened to go ‘full throttle’ after the 14-year-old was charged as an grownup for murdering 4 folks on Wednesday.
Grey’s family leapt to his protection inside hours of him opening fireplace at Apalachee Excessive College, the place he allegedly killed 4 folks and injured 9 others.
{The teenager}’s aunt, Annie Polhamus Brown, took to Fb through the aftermath, mentioning the problems he ‘handled’ and saying she ‘will care for my nephew and what he wants on this aspect.’
‘Simply examine your self earlier than you discuss a baby that by no means requested to take care of the bull**** he noticed each day,’ she stated within the posts, which have now been deleted.
‘Y’all able to see Polhamus blood in full throttle? Nah, I would not both.’
The social media posts sparked fury as tributes poured in for the 4 victims within the tragedy, academics Christina Irimie and Richard Aspinwall, and college students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, each 14.
Colt Grey’s suspected homicide weapon might be seen within the hall of Apalachee Excessive College the place he allegedly killed 4 and injured 9 folks
Grey’s aunt Annie Polhamus Brown made Fb posts on-line fuming over the choice to cost her nephew as an grownup
Inside hours of him opening fireplace at Apalachee Excessive College, his aunt leapt to his protection whereas mentioning the problems he ‘handled’ and saying she ‘will care for my nephew and what he wants on this aspect’
Households gathered to mourn the 4 victims of the mindless capturing on Wednesday night
Authorities say they’re nonetheless investigating how Grey was capable of deliver an AR-style weapon inside his faculty, with footage of the aftermath showing to indicate the weapon on the ground as terrified college students had been escorted down hallways to security.
As mother and father and police raced to the varsity in Winder, Georgia, Polhamus Brown took to Fb to plead for assist in contacting the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
‘Please somebody get me in contact with GBI!!! I’ve tried calling!’ she wrote, following up with: ‘I’m not scared, I can’t again down.’
‘I can’t go away my nephew standing alone!!!’ she continued within the publish. ‘When Uvalde (faculty capturing) occurred, I instructed my very own kids that ‘solely damage folks damage folks.”
Polhamus Brown stated she did ‘all the pieces I may to battle for my nephew’, as she known as out folks for ‘enjoying the blame recreation.’
She did even have some phrases for the victims of the capturing, saying the ‘households affected by my nephew’s actions deserve all the eye now.’
‘I’ll NOT disrespect different mother and father and households which are coping with this tragedy on the other finish. THEY DID NOT DESERVE THIS,’ she wrote.
One obvious relative stated Colt ‘by no means requested for what he is been by means of – I am with you 1000000%. Prayers for EVERYONE affected’
A commenter claiming to be a former trainer of the alleged faculty shooter described him as a ‘candy boy’ and stated: ‘I taught Colt and know first hand he handled a lot!’
Not less than 13 folks had been shot within the chaos, together with two college students and two academics killed
Whereas Polhamus Brown’s remarks sparked backlash on-line from some, her Fb pals stood behind her and echoed her feedback on the tragedy.
One obvious relative stated Colt ‘by no means requested for what he is been by means of – I am with you 1000000%. Prayers for EVERYONE affected.’
One other commenter, claiming to be a former trainer of the alleged faculty shooter, stated: ‘I taught Colt and know first hand he handled a lot!
‘I like him and will likely be eager about him and your loved ones as you undergo this tragedy! Such a candy boy.’
After Polhamus Brown’s social media posts emerged, some criticized her remarks, with one saying the alleged shooter’s ‘household failed him, and now you wanna make excuses.’
Officers stated that Grey’s capturing spree was ended inside minutes, and he instantly surrendered when confronted by regulation enforcement, and ‘gave up and obtained on the bottom.’
It’s unclear how the 14-year-old gunman obtained ahold of the weapon that was used within the assault, with cops reportedly raiding his household house within the hours after the capturing.
Mason Schermerhorn, 14, an autistic scholar at Apalachee Excessive College, was the primary sufferer to be recognized. He was amongst 4 folks killed within the mass capturing
Lecturers Christina Irimie and Richard Aspinwall misplaced their lives within the tragedy
Scholar Christian Angulo, 14, was additionally shot useless within the mindless capturing
Following his arrest, Grey will likely be charged with homicide and will likely be tried as an grownup, the Director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation stated.
In keeping with regulation enforcement, Grey opened fireplace at roughly 10:23am, hitting not less than 13 folks as frantic scenes took over the varsity.
Photos confirmed college students streaming out onto the campus as terrified mother and father raced to seek out their kids, with one mom describing the scene exterior the varsity as pure ‘chaos.’
A junior on the faculty, Lyela Sayerath, stated she was sat subsequent to Colt Grey in algebra class simply minutes earlier than he started the capturing spree.
She instructed CNN that Colt left the classroom at the start of their class at 9:45am, round half an hour earlier than energetic shooter alerts sounded.
Grey did not take a toilet go, she stated, main her to initially suppose he was merely skipping class – earlier than a loudspeaker announcement instructed academics to examine their emails.
Shortly after, Sayerath stated Grey returned exterior their classroom, and a scholar obtained as much as open the door for him earlier than leaping again on the sight of his gun.
‘I assume he noticed we weren’t going to let him in. And I assume the classroom subsequent to me, their door was open, so I feel he simply began capturing within the classroom,’ she stated.
Lyela Sayarath, a junior at Apalachee Excessive College, stated she was sat subsequent to shooter Colt Grey, 14, in algebra class simply moments earlier than he opened fireplace
Cops raced to the scene as a regulation enforcement officer apprehended Grey inside minutes of photographs ringing out
Sayerath stated Grey proceeded to fireplace off plenty of bullets ‘one after one other’, including: ‘Once we heard it, most individuals simply dropped to the ground and like sort of crawled in an space like piled on prime of one another.’
Sayerath stated her good friend was within the subsequent classroom and witnessed somebody being shot, which left him ‘shaken up’. ‘He noticed someone get shot. He had blood on him. He was kinda limping. He seemed horrified,’ she added.
Describing her classmate, Sayarath stated Grey ‘by no means actually talked, he wasn’t (at school) most occasions, he would simply skip class… Even when he would have talked, it was one phrase solutions.’
Sayarath stated she ‘wasn’t stunned’ when Grey was recognized because the shooter, and stated that ‘if you consider shooters and the best way they act, it is normally the quiet child and he was the one which match that description.’
As info floods in on the varsity capturing – formally the deadliest in Georgia’s historical past – college students and fogeys shared their shock on the horror that unfolded.
College students and school broke down in tears as they remembered the victims at a vigil on Wednesday night
Involved mother and father gathered on the faculty on Wednesday
Heartbreaking messages between a scholar at Apalachee Excessive College and his mother have revealed the second children discovered there was an energetic shooter
One mom, Erin Clark, shared the textual content change she had together with her son Ethan from the second he discovered there was an energetic shooter at his faculty.
He wrote: ‘faculty capturing rn (proper now). I am scared. I am not joking.’
His mother responded immediately, assuring him that she was leaving work. In a heartbreaking response, Ethan wrote: ‘I like you.’
‘Love you too child. The place are you?’ Clark stated. Ethan instructed her that he was in school, including ‘somebody’s useless.’
Many college students filmed the aftermath, with one shaken grandfather revealing his granddaughters ‘had been led out previous blood and victims’ after the capturing.
‘They heard the photographs, had SWAT are available weapons drawn of their room in search of shooters,’ James Shappard stated. ‘No child ought to need to undergo that.’
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