A classmate of Colt Gray, the deranged school shooter who killed four and wounded at least nine others at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia on Wednesday, spoke about her experience after the tragic attack at her school.
Four individuals—two students and two teachers—were pronounced dead at the scene, and Gray was taken into custody after surrendering to police. Gray is expected to appear in court on Friday, where he will be formally charged as an adult.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, a search of Gray’s home uncovered disturbing evidence of the teenager’s obsession with mass shootings, including the 2018 Parkland shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were killed.
Furthermore, the suspect was identified by the FBI, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, and a local school in May 2023 after anonymous tipsters posted an “online threat to commit a school shooting” accompanied by a photo of a gun from a Discord account associated with Gray, according to the Atlanta FBI.
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The attack also came after an unknown person warned the high school by phone in the early hours of the morning that it would be the first of five schools to be targeted with violence.
A classmate who spoke to CNN, identified as Lyela Sayarath, 16, a junior at Apalachee High School, said Gray’s behavior “fits the description” of a school shooter. “He never spoke. He was quite calm,” Sayarath said. “He’s not there most of the time; he just doesn’t come to school, or he just skips class.
He continued, “If you think about shooters and the way they act or the things they do, they’re usually quiet kids, or like that stereotype, and they fit that description in our classroom.”
Sayarath also said that “as soon as he didn’t let him in, I don’t know, I already had a feeling that it was going to happen, and it was him,” adding, “as soon as he didn’t do it. Let him in, and you hear the sound of the gun, you like, understand.” Although it is not clear what he meant, the student expected Gray to commit violence against his classmates. How did the school, the FBI, and the local police not recognize the obvious warning signs, as described by the student, coupled with past threats by the student?
While his mental health background and history of psychiatric medication are still unknown, something is clearly wrong with this boy based on his introverted and withdrawn behavior and his reported “fascination” with the infamous school shooting.
Cofounder of AbleChild, a non-profit fighting for transparency in child drug “treatment” and psychiatric services, Sheila Matthews told The Gateway Pundit,
“This young girl observed more about Cotl Gray’s behavior than mental health experts in the school system. In a short interview she described a withdrawn student who came and went as expected from the classroom with problems communicating clearly with one-word answers. The truth the interesting thing is that the public gets more information from students and other neighbors about the killer than from the people in charge of education funded by taxpayers. As schools and police hide privacy laws, other students often know who has the potential to drink psychiatric drugs, side effects are not difficult to overcome.
The student later said that the campus lockout “wasn’t fast,” even though someone at school “had been looking for her” and reported that “at the end of Algebra class, Lyela said someone over the loudspeaker told her teacher to check her email.” It would appear that the school was prepared for something to go wrong before the shooting started. Additionally, according to Fox, “Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said Wednesday night that a teacher at Apalachee High School is an individual armed with a Centegix ID that alerts law enforcement officers of an active incident when a button is pressed.” Still, the student said it took “maybe a few minutes” after the shooting started to be alert enough to notify the teacher of the situation.
Lyela Sayarath recounts the events that took place in Algebra class before and during the murder of the young boy. According to CNN, “She said Colt left the classroom at the start of Algebra 1 class around 9:45 a.m. local time. Lyela thought Colt was going to the bathroom, but she didn’t get a pass, so she assumed he skipped class,” she said. Violence erupted about 45 minutes later, just before 10:30 p.m
Watch below:
classmates: I just remember, like when it happened, he was at the door, and he-I know he’s been looking, but he’s at the door, they’re about to go in, until he backs up, turns around, and when you hear, like the first round of fire…(The door) is locked automatically, so you have to let it go to go back to class. So I think he wants to come first… to pick us up.
Journalist: Then he was at the door, a student opened the door, then what happened?
classmates: He retreated. I think he saw him, or maybe someone told him, but I’m sure he saw he had a gun, so he backed off.
Journalist: So they want to let him into the classroom, you think to take the student, see if he has a gun, don’t let him in. What happens next?
classmates: He goes back to class, what’s going to be my right, and he just starts shooting, and you hear, like, about 10 to 15 more rounds.
Journalist: Did you hear that? What do you think happened at that time?
Classmate: When he didn’t let him in, I don’t know, I had a feeling that it would happen, and him, but when he didn’t let him in, and you. heard gunshots, you kind of like, you know… He never really talked. He was quite quiet. He wasn’t there most of the time; or he just doesn’t come to school, or just skips class. But even if he would say, the answer is only one word or just a short statement …. If you think like the shooter and the way he acts or behaves, he is usually a silent child, or so the stereotype goes. so, and he fits that description in our class.
Journalist: How fast is it from the time you hear a gunshot to the lock screen alert appearing on the screen, letting everyone at school know something is wrong? How long did it take, do you remember?
Classmate: Maybe a few minutes, but not fast.
