Colt Gray’s mom Marcee insists she warned school after getting text from her son right before he ‘killed 4 & injured 9’

THE mother of suspected Apalachee High shooter Colt Gray has insisted she tried to warn the school when she got a concerning text from her son – right before his alleged rampage.

Marcee, 43, and her father Charles Polhamus, 81, spoke out about the traumatic shooting that left two teachers and two students dead and another nine injured on Wednesday.

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Colt Gray, 14, has been charged with four counts of felony murder and will be tried as an adult after allegedly opening fire at his high school in Barrow County, Georgia, about 53 miles northeast of Atlanta.

Police say he shot and killed fellow students Mason Schermerhorn, 14, and Christian Angulo, 14, and teachers Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie.

The school was evacuated and Gray “immediately surrendered” and was taken into custody, per police.

His mother, Marcee, was photographed on Saturday for the first time since the tragedy.

The mom said she tried to warn the school after getting a concerning text from her son the morning of the rampage.

“I’m sorry, Mom,” the message read.

Marcee desperately tried to call Apalachee High School and warn them of an “extreme emergency,” a family member told The Washington Post.

At 9:50 am, the concerned mother had a 10-minute call with the school — about half an hour before the gunman opened fire, per call logs seen by the outlet.

“I was the one that notified the school counselor at the high school,” Marcee told her sister after the shooting.

“I told them it was an extreme emergency and for them to go immediately and find [my son] to check on him.”

During the call, a counselor told Marcee that Gray had been talking about a school shooting that morning, according to Annie Brown, Marcee’s sister.

Counselors tried to find Gray in his classroom but they were unsuccessful – and gunfire began soon after.

‘IT’S HORRIBLE’

Marcee learned about the four deaths while she was racing to her son’s school from her father’s house, he told The New York Post.

She was spotted outside her father’s house on Saturday and told the outlet, “It’s horrible. It’s absolutely horrible.”

Marcee declined to go into further detail but appeared devastated outside her dad Polhamu’s home.

Polhamus too was horrified about the shooting and blamed Gray’s father, Colin Gray.

Colin, 54, was arrested and charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder, and eight counts of cruelty to children in connection to the shooting.

The father allegedly “knowingly allowed” Gray to possess the AR-15-style rifle used in the attack.

“Collie Gray did this to his family and he will rot in hell for it. That’s a fact,” Polhamus told The New York Post.

“He needs the death penalty. He is probably one of the worst narcissists in the world.”

Polhamus is mortified by Gray’s actions, but still blames his father and his upbringing.

“He was a good kid turned bad in a bad situation,” the grandfather said.

“It’s sad. An environment that a kid grows up in has everything to do with their personality and what they become.”

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‘GETTING WHAT HE DESERVES’

Marcee has her own criminal record that spans 17 years.

Her arrest record includes charges of drug possession, aggravated battery, theft, and criminal trespass, per the Daily Mail.

She also faced charges of false imprisonment and failure to appear in January.

Once, during an incident, she allegedly “threatened to kill her husband,” per the Daily Mail.

Despite her past, her father still argues Colt Gray’s behavior was “100%” Colin’s fault.

“Zero on Marcee. Marcee never did anything to Colt. All she did is help him out,” he said.

He also argued any reports that she abused her children were “not true.”

“Colt didn’t cause that to happen. … He didn’t wake up one day and decide I’m going to kill [four] people. No, he didn’t do that. He came out of an environment,” Polhamus said.

Polhamus learned Colin could spend the rest of his life behind bars after receiving the new charges against him.

“[Colin’s] getting what he deserves. My grandson is getting what he deserves, too,” he said.

The fuming grandfather added, “Colt has to pay for what he did but I’m telling you, he was driven, no question in my mind.

“He was driven by his father to do what he did. That’s as plain as I can put it and I know I’m right.”

CONCERNING POSTS

It emerged after the shooting that Colt was on the FBI’s radar for more than a year before the school massacre.

FBI agents had traced Colt to his father’s house and questioned them both about threats to shoot up a school on a social media platform called Discord.

Colt denied he was behind the threats and his dad stood by him, insisting he’d get rid of the guns in the house if his son made concerning statements.

Then-13-year-old Colt told investigators he stopped using Discord because “too many people kept hacking his account, and he was afraid someone would use his information for nefarious purposes.”

The report said, “Colt expressed concern that someone is accusing him of threatening to shoot up a school, stating that he would never say such a thing, even in a joking manner.”

Colt was described as “calm and reserved” during the interview.

The charges against Colin mark the first time in Georgia history that a parent of a school shooting suspect has been charged in connection with the crime.

It marks the second time in US history that a parent has been charged for their child’s alleged actions in a school shooting.

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