Sarah Blaskey

Washington, D.C.

Sarah Blaskey is an investigative reporter on The Washington Post’s rapid-response investigations team. Before joining The Post in 2024, she worked at the Miami Herald where she was part of the team that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting on the condominium collapse in Surfside, Fla. While at the Herald, her work was also honored with a George Polk Award for political reporting.
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Mother of Georgia suspect is said to have called school before shooting, warning of ‘emergency’

The mother of the suspected Apalachee High School gunman said that she called the school on the morning of the shooting and warned a counselor about an “extreme emergency.”

September 7, 2024
A memorial at Apalachee High School on Saturday in Winder, Ga. (Audra Melton for The Washington Post)

In historic case, father of 14-year-old school shooting suspect charged with murder

Colin Gray, the father of the suspected Apalachee High School shooter, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder and cruelty to children.

September 6, 2024
Colin Gray, 54, the father of accused Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, 14, enters the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance, on Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga.

Georgia school-shooting suspect struggled with mental health, aunt says

The parents of the 14-year-old high-school-shooting suspect have not commented publicly after the deadly attack at Apalachee High School.

September 5, 2024