Accused Georgia school shooter apologized to his mom before allegedly killing four, anguished grandfather reveals

FITZGERALD, Ga.— Accused Georgia school shooter Colt Gray apologized to his mom before he allegedly killed four people — prompting her to make a desperate call in a bid to stop the tragedy, according to his grandfather and a report.Charles Polhamus said his daughter Marcee Gray was visiting him at his home in Fitzgerald, Georgia, when Colt sent her a haunting text Wednesday morning.“I’m sorry, mom,” the message read.Marcee called Apalachee High School and warned a counselor of an “extreme emergency,” a relative told The Washington Post.“I was the one that notified the school counselor at the high school.

I told them it was an extreme emergency and for them to go immediately and find [my son] to check on him,” she told her sister, according to the outlet.After getting Colt’s text, Marcee rushed into her car to head to Winder, about three hours away, and heard half way there that two students and two teachers were killed, Polhamus, 81, told The Post in an exclusive interview Saturday.Marcee Gray could not be reached Saturday.Polhamus slammed Colt’s dad Colin as “evil” and claimed Colin Gray got Marcee addicted to drugs — and ruined the family, setting the stage for the violence at Apalachee High School that left two students and two teachers dead.“Collie Gray did this to his family and he will rot in hell for it.That’s a fact,” Polhamus said outside his home.

“He needs the death penalty.He is probably one of the worst narcissists in the world.”Both Colt and Colin, 54, face charges of murder in connection to the cold-blooded shooting.

Colin allegedly gave his son the AR-15-style rifle used in the massacre as a Christmas gift.Although the former marine doesn’t excuse the violence, he said Colt was driven to it because of his parents’ — namely his father’s — bad behavior.“He was a good kid turned bad in a bad situation.It’s sad.

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