Bloodcurdling audio recordings from 911 calls made on the day of the Apalachee High School shooting have been released by Georgia authorities.
The Barrow County 911 call center received an influx of calls starting at about 10.20am regarding the tragic shooting that left two teachers and two student dead, according to Fox News.
The recordings demonstrate the terror unleashed after 14-year-old Colt Gray opened fire on September 4.
The calls were from the horrified parents of the students at Apalachee High School and the surrounding schools, as well as loved ones of the school staff.
One panicked caller said: ‘My daughter calling me crying. Somebody go, ‘boom, boom, boom, boom.’
But the abundance of calls resulted in extended wait times.
One man, who called after reading text messages from his girlfriend, was put on hold for over 10 minutes, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
He said: ‘She hears people yelling outside, so I don’t know if that’s officers in the building or that’s — I don’t know.’
Many of the recorded emergency calls cannot be released under Georgia law because they contain ‘the speech or cries of minors,’ according to a letter obtained by FOX 5 Atlanta.
Calls spilled over into the next county’s call center as parents desperately searched for answers.
One caller said: ‘Sir, my daughter goes to school next door to Apalachee. Is there a school shooter?’
‘We do have an active situation at Apalachee High School right now. We have a lot of calls coming in,’ an operator responded.
More than 500 radio correspondences between emergency responders were also released, according to The Associated Press.
The radio emergency recordings and dispatch records were obtained by CNN.
One officer yelled: ‘Active shooter!’
In another recording, an officer is heard saying that a child is on the phone with their parent and ‘they are in the art room, locked up.’
The shooter’s disturbing family history has been brought to light, including his criminal mother, Marcee, who has a history of drug use, domestic violence, fraud and property damage.
Gray’s father, Colin, was charged with two counts of murder in connection to his son’s shooting spree.
He bought his son the AR-15 allegedly used during the shooting, took him on hunting trips and reportedly called the 14-year-old a ‘sissy,’ according to relatives.
Gray is being charged as an adult for the shooting.
This shooting marked the 45th school shooting in 2024 and is the deadliest one since the March 2023 Convent School shooting in Nashville, according to CNN.