ATLANTA — Georgia state officials arrested the father of the 14-year-old suspected school shooter Colt Gray on Sept 5 in connection with a shooting at Apalachee High School a day earlier that killed four people and wounded nine.

Colin Gray, 54, was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.

"These charges stem from Mr. Gray knowingly allowing his son Colt to possess a weapon," Chris Hosey, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, told a media conference.

Colt Gray has been charged with four counts of felony murder and would be tried as an adult, officials said.

Both Grays had been questioned by local officials in neighbouring Jackson County in 2023 in connection with an online threat to commit a school shooting, but there was no probable cause for their arrest, the FBI said on Sept 4.

In that 2023 probe, the father said he had hunting guns in the house but that his son did not have unsupervised access to them, and the son denied making the threats online, the FBI said.

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