Georgia authorities have released bodycam footage from the May 2023 interrogation of Jackson County sheriff’s deputies and the alleged Apalachee High School shooter and his father.

Jackson County, GeorgiaSheriffs spoke personally with the boy now charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of four at Apalachee High School in Winder. The public defender representing both Colin and Colt Gray did not respond to Fox News’ request for comment.

The footage shows interactions between sheriff’s deputies beginning on May 21, 2023, when suspect Colt Gray was 13 years old, after he was tipped off by the FBI about a threat made on the messaging app Discord, popular with some video gamers, to shoot up a high school.

Police knock on Gray’s house and are greeted by a surprised Colin Gray, who is dressed in his underwear and a t-shirt.

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Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, speaks with police in Georgia in May 2023. (Jackson County Sheriff’s Office)

The officers explain that they are investigating a complaint and that they went to his old address first. Colin asks him if he can get dressed before they begin the interrogation.

Colin then reappears fully dressed, apologizes for the delay and says he was watching a golf tournament. As he cracks open a glass, the police ask him if he has a son.

As the officers continue to explain the reason for their visit and question Colin about his son, he warns that Colt will turn “all red” if they question him.

When police began questioning Colin, he revealed more about Gray’s home situation and the allegation, saying the visit was “nonsense” and a terrorist threat.

“He goes through a lot… it’s really hard for him to go to school and not get bullied,” Colin explained. “(Colt) has been through a lot.”

Colin remains calm as he explains Colt’s history to the officers, telling them that he’s had a rough time, adding that he and Colt’s mother are divorced and have been evicted from their home.

“He had a hard time with the separation at first. I took him to school. He goes to Jefferson Middle School. He’s doing really well,” Colin explained.

The officer acknowledges the seriousness of the visit and Colin agrees, saying that Colt “knows how serious it is, believe me.”

“(Colt) just wants us to have a simple life. All that stuff, he should be excited about going into 8th grade. It was just really hard for him to go to school and not be bullied by, you know, it went from one thing to another to, you know, him talking to the few friends he had,” Gray said.

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Colin Gray told authorities that there were guns in his home, but they were not loaded. (Jackson County Sheriff’s Office)

Colin claims he went to the school multiple times and blames other kids for touching his son, and says Colt wanted to move out of the school district.

Colin then claims that he is constantly being bullied and talks about the importance of gun safety.

“Let me ask you this: Do you have any weapons in your home?” the officer asks.

“I do,” says Colin.

“Are they accessible?” the officer then asks.

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Colt Gray, who was charged as an adult with four counts of murder, will make his initial appearance in Barrow County District Court on Friday, September 6, following the shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

“They’re… I mean, there’s nothing loaded, but they’re… We shoot a lot, we hunt a lot of deer. He shot his first deer this year,” Colin said. “I’m pretty shocked… I’m just really confused, to be honest.”

“I’m a little shocked by it, but I can tell you that I take it very seriously and so does he,” says Colin.

“I don’t know about him saying s— like that. And I get really mad when he does that, and then all the guns disappear and they’re out of his reach,” Colin continues. “You know, I try to be fair. I try to teach him about guns and safety and how to do all that stuff and get him interested in the outdoors.”

“Get him away from the computer game,” the officer replies.

“Yeah. Exactly. Right. That’s the best. The God honest truth is the picture on my phone is of him with blood on his cheeks when he shot his first deer. It’s just the best day ever,” Colin says. “So yeah, he knows how serious guns are and what they can do and how to use them and not use them.”

“So it’s a bit of a shock. So whatever you tell him, please teach him that if this is something or wherever some of them are coming from, it’s not a joke. No, like it’s not a joke,” Colin continued.

“Then we wouldn’t be here,” the officer said.

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Colin Gray, 54, the father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, 14, makes his initial appearance in Barrow County Superior Court on Friday, Sept. 6, in Winder, Georgia. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

“No, I know, I know, and I’m telling you now that we talk about it quite a bit. All these school shootings, things that happen. Yeah, I hear you’re being bullied at school. He is. He’s being bullied at school. And. Is everything okay? That’s why I keep going there. No. You know, because you just never really know. And I don’t want anything to happen to him, so. Yeah. Yeah,” Colin finished.

Colt then appears on the officers’ porch, dressed in a blue T-shirt and sweatpants, and wearing a blue hat.

Colin says to his son, “These are good guys, they just tell you what’s going on.”

Colt keeps his hands in his pockets and appears uneasy as he answers the officers’ questions. He avoids eye contact with the officers as he swears up and down that he did not make a threat to shoot up the school, even saying, “They must have heard someone else wrong.”

The officer seems to take Colt at his word and they even laugh at people who lie to the police.

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The suspected shooter was identified as 14-year-old Colt Gray, a student. (Barrow County Sheriff’s Office)

Authorities identified Colt Gray, now 14, as the gunman who shot and killed two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School. Gray surrendered to authorities and was taken into custody after the shooting. He is being tried as an adult.

Colt’s father, Colin Gray, 54, has also been charged in connection with the school shooting. He faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, according to an arrest warrant.

Georgia is one of 42 states in the country that require parents criminally responsible on behalf of their children.

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Authorities said Colin knew his son Colt had access to his firearms in his home prior to Wednesday’s shooting and gave him permission to do so.

Jasmine Baehr of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.