US EditionJury finds father of accused Apalachee High School shooter guilty of murder, all other charges
- On Tuesday, a Barrow County jury found Colin Gray, father of accused Apalachee High shooter Colt Gray, guilty on all 27 counts, including second-degree murder after under two hours of deliberation.
- Prosecutors argued Gray bought his son an AR-15–style rifle with receipts dated Nov. 2023 and was criminally negligent by ignoring warnings and allowing access.
- On Feb. 18, investigators displayed the AR-style rifle and a shrine to a school shooter, and Colin Gray's daughter testified she felt pressured to cover for him.
- The conviction ends a novel Georgia prosecution as the verdict closed a first‑of‑its‑kind trial in Georgia testing parental responsibility for a school shooting, and Gray will be sentenced at a later date in a broader accountability push.
- A judge dropped two child‑cruelty charges on Monday after two witnesses did not testify, and the trial began with opening statements on Feb. 16, with the shooting occurring on Sept. 4, 2024.
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Dad who gave gun to US school shooting suspect guilty of second-degree murder
A US man who gave his teenage son the gun he is accused of using to kill two students and two teachers at a Georgia high school was convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday. Jurors took less than two hours to find Colin Gray guilty of all charges in the September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, northeast of Atlanta. Gray is one of a number of parents prosecuted after their children were accused …
Colin Gray, 55, was arrested and charged after his son, Colt Gray, 14 years old, had killed two teachers and two students in September 2024 at his school in Winder, about 70 kilometres northeast of Atlanta.
Father of Georgia high school shooting suspect convicted of second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter
Georgia jury convicted Colin Gray of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting carried out by his teenage son.
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