The maternal grandmother of the 14-year-old suspect in the deadly Apalachee High School shooting in Winder, Georgia, visited the school the day before the massacre to discuss the suspect’s alleged behavioral issues, the family revealed to CBS News Saturday.
“My wife had gone up there…the day before and met with the teachers to get him some, they were having some problems with him not going to school, and this kind of thing,” Charlie Polhamus, the maternal grandfather of suspect Colt Gray, told CBS News in a phone interview. “So, my wife went up there. This was the day before all this stuff happened.”
Polhamus was unsure what occurred during that visit, but said it did not appear to have resulted in a suspension.
He also disclosed the suspect texted his mother, Marcee Gray, on the morning of the shooting.
“Marcee got a text on the phone from Colt saying, ‘I’m sorry, mother.’ And I…didn’t know what was going on,” Polhamus said. “And then we heard on the news of the shooting.”