Authorities in Georgia have released audio of a 2023 visit to the home of the alleged high school shooter after an anonymous report to the FBI surfaced of online threats about a “potential threat to shoot up a high school” in a group chat on the messaging app Discord.

Jackson County, GeorgiaSheriff’s deputies personally spoke with the boy now charged with first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of four people at Apalachee High School in Winder on Wednesday.

Sheriff’s deputies detailed their interactions in a detailed investigative report dated 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.

When the police begin questioning Colin Gray, the father reveals more about Gray’s home situation and the accusation, saying that this visit is ridiculous and a terrorist threat.

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

“He goes through a lot… it’s very difficult for him to go to school without being bullied,” Colin said.

Colin tells the officer that he and Colt’s mother are separated 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.”

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.

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From left: Math teachers Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie were killed at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, along with Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, officials said. (Fox News)

“Are they accessible?” the officer then asks.

“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 pissed off, honestly.”

“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 things 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 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 shoots 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.”

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A person kneels before flowers placed in front of the entrance to Apalachee High School on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Winder, Georgia, one day after the deadly shooting at the school. (AP photo/Charlotte Kramon)

“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.

“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 he 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.

The officer then asks to speak to Colt and Colin agrees to pick him up.

Colt enters the room and the officer tells him that a report is coming. The officer seems to take Colt at his word and they even laugh at people who lie to the police.

The officer and Colt exchanged some informal conversation about school, graduating from high school, and transitioning to junior high.

Colin Gray, 54, faces multiple charges stemming from the alleged actions of his son, Colt Gray, 14, including four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children.

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On Thursday, authorities said the elder Gray knowingly allowed his son to possess a gun.

He is being held in the Barrow County Jail.

Louis Casiano and Timothy Nerozzi of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.