Law enforcement officers in Georgia had previously interviewed the 14-year-old boy who officials say carried out the mass shooting at Apalachee High School, according to the FBI and a sheriff.
The FBI’s National Threat Operations Center in May 2023 received multiple anonymous tips about online threats to commit a school shooting at an unidentified school and time, the FBI’s office in Atlanta said in a statement on Sept. 4. The online threats contained photographs of guns. The threats were posted to a gaming site, according to Jackson County Sheriff Janis Mangum.
