Father of accused Georgia school shooter charged with murder, manslaughter

DEVELOPMENTS. KATE. >> WELL, ROBYN. CHERYL. TONIGHT THE FATHER OF THE ACCUSED SHOOTER IS BEHIND BARS NOW. ALSO CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING HIS TEENAGE SON IS ACCUSED OF CARRYING OUT THOSE CHARGES. COME AS WE LEARN NEW INFORMATION ABOUT LAST YEAR'S FBI INVESTIGATION INTO THE TEEN. TONIGHT THIS BOOKING PHOTO RELEASED OF COLIN GRAY, THE FATHER OF THE GEORGIA SCHOOL SHOOTING SUSPECT, THE 54 YEAR OLD, NOW CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND EIGHT COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. >> HIS CHARGES ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH, UH, THE ACTIONS OF HIS SON AND ALLOWING HIM TO POSSESS A WEAPON. COLIN GRAY'S 14 YEAR OLD SON, COLT GRAY, ALREADY CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER AFTER WEDNESDAY'S SCHOOL SHOOTING THAT KILLED TWO TEACHERS AND TWO STUDENTS AT APPALACHIA HIGH SCHOOL. >> AND TONIGHT, NEW DETAILS ARE EMERGING ABOUT A TIP THE FBI RECEIVED THAT LED TO HIM BEING QUESTIONED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MAY OF LAST YEAR. THE ANONYMOUS TIP, SPARKED BY A DISTURBING POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITE DISCORD LINKED TO THE SUSPECT. THE FBI, SAYING HE HAD POSSIBLY THREATENED TO SHOOT UP A MIDDLE SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY. THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE INTERVIEWED GRAY AND HIS FATHER, ACCORDING TO THEIR RECORDS. GRAY DENIED MAKING THE POST, SAYING HE WOULD NEVER SAY SUCH A THING, EVEN IN A JOKING MANNER. GRAY'S FATHER TELLING INVESTIGATORS THERE WERE GUNS IN THE HOUSE, BUT HIS SON DID NOT HAVE UNSUPERVISED ACCESS, ADDING THE TEENAGER WAS BEING PICKED ON AND RIDICULED AT SCHOOL. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE URGED JEFFERSON CITY SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO MONITOR GRAY, BUT MADE NO ARRESTS, CITING A LACK OF PROBABLE CAUSE. GRAY LATER TRANSFERRING SCHOOLS . TONIGHT, OUTRAGE AND HEARTBREAK FROM THE COMMUNITY. INVESTIGATORS AS THIS COMMUNITY IS DEEP IN MOURNING, WHY IS IT NOT A CRIME? >> IT SEEMS THE SIMPLEST THING WE CAN DO IS MAKE IT A CRIME TO THREATEN YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE NINE PEOPLE WHO WERE INJURED IN YESTERDAY'S SHOOTING ARE ALL EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY . THE 14 YEAR OLD SUSPECT IS DUE TO MAKE HIS FIR