The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI Atlanta have released a statement saying that in May 2023, the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center got several anonymous tips about online threats to commit a school shooting at an unidentified location. The threats, which were posted to an online gaming site, contained pictures of guns.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office located a possible subject, a 13-year-old boy, who denied making the threats. They spoke to the teen’s father, who said the family did own hunting rifles but the teen did not have access to guns. At the time, there was no probable cause for arrest.
The FBI has confirmed to Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Justin Gray that the 13-year-old was Colt Gray, the same teen arrested in connection to the shooting that killed four people at Apalachee High School