Georgia H.S. Capturing Suspect Kicked Off Discord for Violating Extremism Coverage
2:18 PM PT — The Atlanta division of the FBI confirmed the corporate investigated threats made by then-13-year-old suspect Colt Grey by way of Discord in Might 2023. The threats … which included footage of weapons … had been to commit a future faculty taking photos — nonetheless no level out of when or the place.
The FBI referred the threats to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Workplace … and deputies visited the home to interview the suspect and his father. The suspect denied making the threats … and although there have been weapons inside the home … the daddy knowledgeable deputies Colt didn’t have “unsupervised entry.”
It was determined there was no attainable set off for arrest or each different movement.
The suspect charged with murdering 4 people at a Georgia highschool this week was banned from Discord for violating their extremism protection.
A rep for the favored messaging platform tells TMZ … an account believed to be linked with Colt Grey was created in early April 2023 and banned merely six weeks later for violating the platform’s anti-extremism protection.
We’re knowledgeable “Discord’s Security crew instantly responded to regulation enforcement,” provided all important info for his or her investigation, and eradicated the patron from the platform.
That talked about, Discord’s spokesperson says their subsequent investigation has not revealed any proof Grey used the platform to plan yesterday’s assault.
Discord’s violent extremism tips say the service doesn’t allow any promotion or group of violent actions … banning every members of violent extremist groups and other people not associated to those groups from advocating for these beliefs.
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Grey was arrested Wednesday morning at Apalachee Excessive College in Winder, GA … with cops saying he surrendered as shortly as they arrived on the scene.
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Colt’s accused of killing 14-year-old faculty college students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, lecturers Christina Irimie and Richard Aspinwall, and injuring 9 completely different people. He is been charged with 4 felony counts of murder and reportedly might be prosecuted as an grownup.
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