The teen accused in Georgia's high school shooting enrolled 2 weeks late and was often absent

Cars are packed near Apalachee High School in Barrow County, Georgia, after a deadly shooting there.
Cars are packed near Apalachee High School in Barrow County, Georgia, after a deadly shooting there. Parents crowded the school to pick up their students after the suspect was in custody. (Chamian Cruz/WABE)

Updated at 8:06 p.m.

The 14-year-old who is accused of killing four people in a Sept. 4 shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia started school two weeks late and then was absent for nine more days before the shooting, investigators said Friday.

Colt Gray was first enrolled at the high school northeast of Atlanta on Aug. 14, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. The first day of school was Aug. 1.