Mom Of Suspected Georgia School Shooter Issues Apology Letter To Families: Report

The mother of the teenager suspected of killing four people at his Georgia high school last week has reportedly released a letter that apologizes to the victims families and defends her son as not a monster.

To the parents and families of those affected by the tragic events at Apalachee High School, I want to say that I am so sorry from the bottom of my heart, wrote Marcee Gray, according to CNNs review of the letter Wednesday.

Gray said that if she could, she would change places without a second thought with the two students who were killed, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14. She added that her heart breaks for the two teachers, Cristina Irimie, 52, and Richard Aspinwall, 39, who were also killed.

We are all in a living nightmare right now, and I will personally never forgive myself for what has happened, her letter continued, per CNN . My son Colt is not a monster. He is my oldest baby. He is quiet, thoughtful, caring, funny, and extremely intelligent. Please pray for him and the rest of our family, as I am praying for all of you every moment of every day.

Grays son, 14-year-old Colt Gray, has been charged as an adult with four counts of murder in the Sept. 4 attack. His father who authorities say knowingly allowed his son access to the semiautomatic assault-style rifle used in the shooting is also behind bars and facing multiple felony counts.

Marcee Gray has said that she tried to warn her sons school about Colt just minutes before the shooting broke out.

In an interview with ABC News , she said her son texted ominous warnings to his father and her on the morning of the shooting. She said she called her sons school and urged a school resource officer to check on him.

You need to go, like, run to the classroom, she said she told the school.

Gray said she was told that one of Colts teachers had written an email to the schools principal earlier that morning, saying Colt had made references to a school shooting.

HuffPost has reached out to Gray but did not immediately receive a response.

Colt and his father were investigated by the Jackson County sheriffs department last year over similar concerns. The teen was accused of posting threats to carry out a school shooting on the gaming platform Discord.

When interviewed by deputies, Colt denied making any such threats, as seen in body camera footage of the interaction that was released this week .

Authorities said they werent able to definitively link the teen to the threats, and so he was never charged.