The trial of
Colin Gray, father of a teen accused in a deadly Georgia high school shooting, began Monday (February 16) in Barrow County. Gray
faces nearly 30 felony counts, including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, for allegedly providing his son with the rifle used in the September 2024 attack that left two students and two teachers dead.
Prosecutors argue that Gray ignored multiple warning signs about his son's behavior before giving him the weapon used in the Apalachee High School shooting in Winder, Georgia.
"This is not a case about holding parents accountable for what their children do,"
Barrow County District Attorney Brad Smith told jurors during opening statements. "This case is about this defendant and his actions in allowing a child that he has custody over access to a firearm and ammunition after being warned that that child was going to harm others."
Colin Gray is facing nearly 30 counts for allegedly providing his son the gun used to kill four people.
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Colin Gray, 55, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder and other offenses in connection with the September 4, 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School by his troubled son Colt.
Two 14-year-old students and two teachers were killed and nine people wounded in the shooting in Winder, Georgia. Colt Gray, who was 14 then and is now 16, has been charged as an adult and is awaiting a trial date.
During opening arguments on Monday in the trial of the father, prosecutors said he bought Colt Gray the AR-15-style rifle used in the shooting for Christmas 2023 despite warnings that his son had threatened to carry out a school shooting.
According to the FBI, sheriffs interviewed the then 13-year-old Gray and his father in May 2023 after receiving anonymous tips about online threats to commit a school shooting.
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