El FBI dijo que el adolescente negó haber hecho las amenazas. Su padre dijo a los investigadores que tenía armas de caza en la casa, pero afirmó que su hijo no tenía acceso a ellas sin supervisión.
The teenager charged with killing four people at his Georgia high school on Wednesday had been investigated for an online threat. But he denied making it, and the authorities could not prove he did.
El rapero, que en un momento trabajó con Young Thug, tuvo un gran éxito con el tema “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” que se convirtió en un fenómeno viral en 2015.
The state does not have universal background checks for gun purchases, safe storage laws or a so-called red-flag law — measures instituted elsewhere in response to gun violence.
The sheriff’s office report reveals more about how investigators were able to trace the online post to the teenager’s account, and why they could not definitively link it to him.
The F.B.I. said the teenager denied making threats. His father told investigators that he had hunting guns in the house, but said that his son did not have unsupervised access to them.
Activists, party lawyers and state officials are mobilizing behind a crackdown on a supposed scourge of noncitizens’ casting ballots. Voting rights advocates say the effort is spreading misinformation.