華盛頓郵報揭露14歲槍手格雷作案前曾傳簡訊向母親瑪西(如圖)道歉,瑪西緊急致電校方通報“嚴重緊急事件”。#BREAKING The mother of #Colt_Gray spoke out for the first time since her son was charged with killing 4 innocent people at the #Apalachee_High_School.
— ???? ️L̤̮E̤̮G̤̮️C̤̮Y̤̮️ ???? (@iamlegacy23) September 7, 2024
“It’s horrible. Absolutely horrible,” #MarceeGray, devastated, outside her father’s home in Fitzgerald.
When asked if she… pic.twitter.com/oKlMCHaD6o
美國喬治亞州阿帕拉契中學(Apalachee High School)4日發生校園槍擊,造成4人中彈身亡,華盛頓郵報揭露14歲槍手格雷(Colt Gray)作案前曾傳簡訊向母親瑪西(Marcee Gray)道歉,瑪西緊急致電校方通報“嚴重緊急事件”,可是校方一開始將槍手與另一名姓名相似的同學搞混,尋找格雷又沒有下文,幾分鍾後便發生槍擊。
華郵取得瑪西手足布朗(Annie Brown)提供的簡訊及通話紀錄指出,槍手格雷在作案前曾傳簡訊給母親瑪西,但並未提供具體文字內容。對此,紐約郵報獨家訪問瑪西81歲父親波哈默斯(Charlie Polhamus)證實,簡訊內容寫道,“媽,我很抱歉”。
瑪西也在收到簡訊後,於事發前約90分鍾,上午9時50分致電校方,通報“嚴重緊急”事件,並要求校方立即找到格雷進行確認。而根據布朗描述,一名輔導員在電話中向瑪西描述,格雷當日上午談到校園槍擊。
大約同一時間,格雷同班同學莎亞拉斯(Lyela Sayarath)描述,一名校方行政人員前往格雷所在的數學教室,疑似將班上另一名與格雷姓名相似的同學搞混。當時兩人均不在班上,接著該行政人員將另一名同學的背包帶走;沒過幾分鍾,槍擊案發生。
The mother of the teenager suspected of killing four people during a Georgia school shooting called to warn a school counselor prior to the shooting, the suspect’s aunt and grandfather said Saturday.
— Melissa Hallman (@dotconnectinga) September 8, 2024
Colt Gray, 14, apologized to his mother Marcee Gray on the morning of the mass… pic.twitter.com/yh1CIQCrP7
這份報導出現在網絡上以後,瑪西也向華郵證實簡訊及通話紀錄,但是拒絕透露促使她致電校方警告的細節,並表示已經配合調查人員提供相關資訊。
另外,紐約郵報引述波哈默斯,瑪西打完電話便開車趕往距離3小時路程外的阿帕拉契中學。
瑪西稱這起槍擊事件“極度駭人”,且向受害學生及家長表示懊悔,“我非常、非常抱歉,難以想像他們現在經曆多麽大的悲痛”。
#BREAKING : Mother of Georgia mass shooting suspect called school before attack.
— upuknews (@upuknews1) September 8, 2024
Marcee Gray, the mother of the teenager Colt Gray charged with fatally shooting two students and two teachers at a Georgia high school on Wednesday called the school that morning and warned a… pic.twitter.com/vHU1tv0psV
波哈默斯在向紐約郵報的訪問中批評格雷的父親“邪惡”,稱他讓瑪西染上毒癮,最終毀了這個家,喊話執法機關將格雷父親判死刑。
紐約郵報報導,瑪西過去17年間多次因毒品、家暴、違反交通規則等案件被捕。而格雷父親柯林(Colin Gray)5日也被捕,遭控4項非自願過失殺人、 2項二級謀殺、8項虐待兒童罪。格雷作案用的AR-15步槍是柯林去年聖誕節送他的禮物。
Georgia school sh**ter, aged 12 at the time, shows off the first deer he took, while hunting with his father in this January 2023 video.
— ProudArmyBrat (@leslibless) September 7, 2024
Chilling, showing blood smeared on his cheeks and holding an AR-15-style rifle.
The footage was posted by his mother Marcee Gray on her… pic.twitter.com/9TZtfAWd0C