The household of Georgia faculty taking pictures suspect Colt Grey is “not white trash” and are simply “common folks,” a relative of the teenager’s mom stated Friday amid reviews that the boy was raised in a damaged residence.
The notion that Grey, 14, got here from a low-income, uneducated household is solely not true, a maternal relative instructed The Put up.
In reality, many of the family members associated to the teenager’s troubled mom are center class with school levels and good paying jobs, the member of the family stated.
“We aren’t white trash.That’s what everyone seems to be saying about us, however we’re not. We’re simply common folks,” the relative, who wished to stay nameless, instructed The Put up.
Colt Grey allegedly gunned down two classmates and two lecturers at Apalachee Excessive College on Wednesday morning. He’s been charged with 4 counts of homicide.
Because the bloodbath, a distressing image has emerged of Grey’s residence life.
A former neighbor and landlord of the Grays instructed The Put up {the teenager} got here from a neglectful residence that, in keeping with police, was often visited by the state’s baby protecting providers company.
The alleged faculty shooter’s mom, Marcee Grey, who has a prolonged rap sheet with drug and home violence busts, is a little bit of a black sheep on her facet of the household, the relative defined.
Not like the remainder of her kin, she obtained into the fallacious crowd, dated some unhealthy guys and infrequently obtained into bother, the member of the family stated.
Lauren Vickers, who lived subsequent door to the Grays in Jefferson, Ga., instructed The Put up the kids had been at all times sporting soiled garments and typically had been hungry.
“It was fixed abuse,” she stated.
Marcee has a university diploma herself and was described as “each guide good and road good” — however is understood for her scorching mood, the relative stated.
The member of the family, together with Marcee’s former landlord, stated the teenager’s mom has struggled with drug and alcohol dependancy.
Regardless of household interventions, nothing has appeared to work and Marcee has been estranged from the remainder of her household for a while, by her personal selection, in keeping with her relative.
And Marcee’s household isn’t notably keen on her husband, Colin Grey — who has additionally been charged with homicide in connection to the taking pictures. The relative stated the daddy can’t maintain down a job and has not “been a superb instance for his son.”
Colin Grey, 54, was arrested on Thursday after it was revealed that he purchased his son the AR-15-style rifle used within the taking pictures as a Christmas reward in December.
He’s charged with 4 counts of manslaughter, two counts of second-degree homicide and eight counts of cruelty to youngsters.
Each father and son made their preliminary court docket appearances on Friday and discovered they may every spend the remainder of their lives behind bars.
Colt’s household desires the teenager to undergo intensive remedy, take the treatment they consider he wants. Finally, they’d wish to see him charged as a juvenile, rehabilitated and have a shot at considerably of a standard future, in keeping with the relative.
The household is at present engaged on discovering Colt the very best authorized illustration accessible to them.
The relative added that they’re sympathetic to the households of the deceased, however they preserve that Colt can also be a sufferer on this tragedy.
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