What we know about Colt Gray's home life | FOX 5 News

SHOCKING TWIST IN ALL OF THIS, DENISE. THANKS. THE ARREST OF COLIN GRAY COMES AFTER THE FOX FIVE I-TEAM PORED THROUGH PUBLIC RECORDS TODAY, TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS FATHER AND HIS SON. >>TOM: LATE TODAY, THE I-TEAM OBTAINED A RECORDING OF A SHERIFF'S OFFICE INTERVIEW OF BOTH GRAY'S RECORDED AFTER THE FBI RECEIVED A TIP LAST YEAR ABOUT A THREAT TO SHOOT UP A SCHOOL. >>>>: DO YOU HAVE ANY DO YOU HAVE WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE? I DO. ARE THEY ACCESSIBLE TO HIM? THEY ARE. I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING LOADED, BUT THEY ARE DOWN. OKAY. WE ACTUALLY, WE DO A LOT OF SHOOTING. WE DO A LOT OF DEER HUNTING. HE SHOT HIS FIRST DEER THIS YEAR. LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM SAYING LIKE THAT. AND I'M GOING TO BE MAD AS #### IF HE DID. AND THEN ALL THE GUNS WILL GO AWAY AND THEY WON'T BE ACCESSIBLE TO HIM. YOU KNOW, WE I'M TRYING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I'M TRYING TO TEACH HIM ABOUT FIREARMS AND SAFETY AND HOW TO DO IT ALL. AND GET HIM INTERESTED IN THE OUTDOORS. NOW >>TOM: THAT'S JUST A PORTION OF THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE INTERVIEW. >>COURTNEY: FOX FIVE I-TEAM REPORTER JOHNNY EDWARDS SAYS IT'S PART OF AN EMERGING PICTURE OF A TROUBLED FAMILY AND SOME MISSED WARNING SIGNS. >>>>: FROM WHAT WE'RE LEARNING, COLT GRAY'S HOME LIFE WAS FRAUGHT WITH PROBLEMS. POLICE REPORTS AND COURT RECORDS CONCERNING HIS PARENTS, COLIN AND MARCI GRAY, REVEAL A BROKEN FAMILY COLT LIVING WITH HIS FATHER AND HIS TWO YOUNGER SIBLINGS, LIVING WITH THEIR MOTHER. GRAY WAS ARRESTED LATE LAST YEAR FOR SCRATCHING HER HUSBAND'S TRUCK. THEN WHEN THEY ARRESTED HER, POLICE SAY THEY FOUND HER WITH METHAMPHETAMINES, FENTANYL AND A GLASS PIPE. SHE WAS SENTENCED TO 46 DAYS IN JAIL. ALSO LAST YEAR, COLT GRAY AND HIS FATHER RECEIVED A VISIT FROM JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATORS. THEY WERE LOOKING INTO AN FBI TIP. APPARENTLY, SOMEONE ON A GAMING APP HAD THREATENED TO SHOOT UP A MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY BELIEVED COLT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. ACCORDING TO INCIDENT REPORTS, THE THEN 13 YEAR OLD TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE DIDN'T MAKE THOSE THREATS. HERE'S A SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATOR TALKING TO COLT GRAY. I PROMISED I WOULD NEVER SAY SOMETHING. SO YOU HAVEN'T USED DISCORD IN A FEW MONTHS? OH, NO. AND YOU'RE. YOU'RE SAYING YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, I WON'T SAY I HAVE HIS TIKTOK, BUT I JUST GO AROUND THERE AND WATCH VIDEOS. COLT'S FATHER TOLD POLICE HE DID HAVE GUNS IN THE HOUSE. HE SAID THEY WERE ACCESSIBLE BUT NOT LOADED. HE SAID HE AND HIS SON WOULD GO HUNTING AND SHOOTING TOGETHER. HE SAID HE WANTED HIS SON AWAY FROM VIDEO GAMES AND INTO THE OUTDOORS. COLT EVEN SHOT HIS FIRST DEER THAT YEAR. COLIN GRAY ALSO TOLD POLICE HIS SON HAD PROBLEMS AT SCHOOL, INCLUDING BEING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. LIKE I'M ON FIRST NAME. I JUST WAS UP THERE THREE DAYS AGO FOR HIS FINALS, TALKING TO THE PRINCIPAL, LIKE, LOOK, WE TALK ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT, OKAY? ALL THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, THINGS THAT HAPPEN. YEAH. IT'S SCARY. ARE YOU GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL? HE IS. HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. AND IS EVERYTHING OKAY? THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING UP THERE. AFTER THAT TALK, POLICE LEFT. THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE THE TIP. HERE'S WHERE A BREAKDOWN MAY HAVE OCCURRED. THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF TELLS US SHE BELIEVES HER DEPARTMENT ALERTED JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOLS, TELLING THEM KEEP MONITORING COLT GRAY. IN AN EMAIL OBTAINED BY THE I-TEAM, A SHERIFF'S CAPTAIN TELLS THE FBI, WE HAVE MADE AREA SCHOOLS AWARE AND WILL MONITOR THIS SUBJECT, BUT BY THAT POINT, COLT GRAY HAD ALREADY FINISHED EIGHTH GRADE AT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. BY NINTH GRADE, HE AND HIS FATHER HAD MOVED TO A DIFFERENT COUNTY, AND THAT'S WHERE HE STARTED AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL IN BARROW. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. IF THAT ALERT FROM JA

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