Georgia H.S. Capturing Suspect Kicked Off Discord for Violating Extremism Coverage

2:18 PM PT — The Atlanta division of the FBI confirmed the company investigated threats made by then-13-year-old suspect Colt Grey through Discord in Might 2023. The threats … which included footage of weapons … had been to commit a future college taking pictures — however no point out of when or the place.

The FBI referred the threats to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Workplace … and deputies visited the house to interview the suspect and his father. The suspect denied making the threats … and though there have been weapons within the house … the daddy informed deputies Colt didn’t have “unsupervised entry.”

It was decided there was no possible trigger for arrest or every other motion.

The suspect charged with murdering 4 folks at a Georgia highschool this week was banned from Discord for violating their extremism coverage.

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 simply six weeks later for violating the platform’s anti-extremism coverage.

We’re informed “Discord’s Security crew instantly responded to regulation enforcement,” supplied all vital information for his or her investigation, and eliminated the consumer from the platform.

That mentioned, 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 guidelines say the service doesn’t enable any promotion or group of violent actions … banning each members of violent extremist teams and people not related to these teams from advocating for these beliefs.

Grey was arrested Wednesday morning at Apalachee Excessive College in Winder, GA … with cops saying he surrendered as quickly as they arrived on the scene.

Colt’s accused of killing 14-year-old college students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, academics Christina Irimie and Richard Aspinwall, and injuring 9 different folks. He is been charged with 4 felony counts of homicide and reportedly can be prosecuted as an grownup.