Apalachee suspect Colton Gray's mother accused of abusing her mother

The mother of suspected Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray has been charged with elder abuse. The charges, filed in Georgia on Sept. 16, allege that Marcee Gray tied her then-73-year-old mother, Deborah Polhamus, to a chair and took her cellphone before leaving her there incapacitated for nearly a day in 2023. Gray is charged with exploitation and intimidation of a disabled adult or elderly person, false imprisonment, second-degree criminal damage to property and theft. If found guilty, she faces up to 20 years in prison for the most serious charge of elder exploitation. According to the incident report, Gray allegedly became angry with her mother after she refused to help confront Gray's ex-husband. Police arrested Gray in a separate incident on Nov. 6 and found methamphetamine and fentanyl. Gray claimed she warned the school of an “extreme emergency” before her son, Colton, allegedly opened fire on his classmates on September 4.