Apalachee school shooting: Judge plans to move forward with father’s trial later this year

Judge denies change of venue for father of suspected Apalachee High gunman

Defense attorneys pushed again for a change of venue, but the judge ruled the jury will be selected from a neighboring county rather than Barrow County, where the deadly shooting occurred.

Apalachee school shooting: Judge plans to move forward with father’s trial later this year

Colin Gray’s attorneys filed a motion for a chance of venue saying any jury from Barrow County would be bias toward their client

Harder targets mean safer schools

By Bill Crane It was the morning of September 4, 2024, Georgia's deadliest school shooting was underway in Winder, Georgia at Apalachee High School.  Thanks to a recently upgraded school security system, a fast-acting school resource officer and local law enforcement, the mass murder was halted at four fatalities, with serious injuries to nine others.  My first born was (and is) a schoolteacher living nearby.  The Apalachee River, which serves a…