The suspect charged with murdering 4 folks at a Georgia highschool this week was apparently 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 advised “Discord’s Safety team immediately responded to law enforcement,” offered all obligatory data for his or her investigation, and eliminated the person 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.
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Grey was arrested Wednesday morning at Apalachee Excessive Faculty in Winder, GA … with cops saying he surrendered as quickly as they arrived on the scene.
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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.
