Georgia school shooter Colt Gray was bullied for 'being gay'. Father says it was difficult for him

Colin Gray, the father of the Georgia school shooting accused 14-year-old Colt, said his son was bullied by classmates and called names. In an interview to detectives last year, Colin Gray who gifted the gun to Colt on Christmas said it was very difficult for him to go to school and not get picked on. But why were the father-son duo interviewed by the investigators last year? The sheriff received a tip from the FBI last year that Gray had possible threated to shoot up a middle school. The threat was made on Discord.

"im committing a mass shooting and im waiting a good 2-3 years... I cant kill myself yet, cause I’m not contributing anything to culture I need to go out knowing I did," the Discord message read but it could not be linked to Colt at that time.

At that time Colin Gray told how difficult it was for Colt after his parents separated and her mother took his younger two kids leaving Colt with his father. "It went from one thing to another... I was trying to get him on the golf team... [they were like] Oh, look, Colt's gay. He's dating that guy. Just ridiculed him day after day after day," the father said. His father then showed the investigators a photo of Colt with blood smeared on his face and said it was from the day when Colt shot his first deer. Colin Gray told the investigators that he taught his son the seriousness of weapons and how to not use them. He told officers that all guns would go away if he learnt that his son made threats.

Both the father and son have been charged in connection with the shooting that killed to students and two teachers. Both declined to enter a plea. Colt would face a life sentence and Colin faces a maximum possible penalty of 180 years in prison.