The father of the suspected shooter who killed four people and injured nine others at Apalachee High School in Georgia on Wednesday told police last year his son was bullied by classmates who called him gay.

Colin Gray made the claims about his son Colt Gray when he was interviewed by the Jackson County Sheriff’s office after the FBI received a tip his son had threatened a shooting at his middle school, the Daily Mail reported Friday.

“It was very difficult for him to go to school and not get picked on,” Colin Gray told an investigator, according to a transcript of the conversation obtained by the Daily Mail. “It went from one thing to another … I was trying to get him on the golf team … [they were like] Oh, look, Colt’s gay. He’s dating that guy. Just ridiculed him day after day after day.”

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