GA - Apalachee High School shooting, 4 dead, 9 injured, Winder, Barrow County - 04 September 2024 *father and son arrested* #2

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

A Barrow County judge ruled last month that the jury pool would come from neighboring Hall County.

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A Barrow County judge says he plans to move forward with the trial for the father of the suspected Apalachee High School gunman later this year, despite attorneys’ requests to change the trial venue again.

 

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'A preventable catastrophe': Family of Apalachee HS victim to file suit against school system, law enforcement

Fourteen-year-old Mason Schermerhorn befriended everyone — including his bullies. His family believes his death could've been prevented.

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[vls12345]

Attorney for family of Apalachee student killed urges all districts to re-examine safety procedures

Since the shooting, Barrow County Schools have updated panic alert systems and are speeding up the process of sharing student discipline records between districts.

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Apalachee students return to new safety measures after mass shooting last year

“I think she’s in a place where she wants to move on mentally," one parent said.

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[vls12345]

Apalachee High School surveying families about future of shooting site

Authorities say two students and two teachers were shot and killed inside J-Hall last September. Now, the district is considering next steps for that space.

www.11alive.com

 

[vls12345]

Father of accused Apalachee High shooter denied appeal in move to quash indictment

A Barrow County judge denied Colin Gray's request for an appeal after he was denied demurrers that sought to dismiss his indictment as too vague.

www.11alive.com

 

[vls12345]

Apalachee High School shooting victim’s mom breaks silence on school resource officer funding

“Let me ask you, do we treat fire trucks this way? Do we tell this board of education to foot the bill when a fire breaks out in a school?”

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[vls12345]

‘Utterly disrespectful’: Grieving mom addresses school safety at Barrow school board meeting after son’s shooting death

Breanna Schermerhorn, the mother of 14-year-old Mason Alexander Schermerhorn—one of the four killed—spoke publicly for the first time since the tragedy.

www.11alive.com

 

[vls12345]

Push to close Apalachee High School on anniversary of shooting gains support

A growing number of people think the campus should close next Thursday.

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[RobertCatesby]

New trial date set for February for father of alleged Apalachee High School shooter

Colin Gray is accused of providing the weapon used by his son, Colt Gray, in the September 4, 2024, shooting that left two students and two teachers dead.

www.11alive.com

 

[vls12345]

One year after the Apalachee High School tragedy, victim’s brother honors memory with mission for change

"There’s not a day that goes by that we don’t miss him," Christian Angulo's older brother said.

www.11alive.com

 

[vls12345]

Hundreds gather to honor the lives lost 1 year ago at Apalachee High School

A vigil was held at the flagpole out in front of the school on Thursday night to honor the two students and two teachers killed in the attack.

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[Elley Mae]

Accused Georgia high school shooter Colt Gray shows off drastically different appearance at court hearing

Accused Georgia high school shooter Colt Gray shows off drastically different appearance at court hearing

Attorney Aisha Broderick told the courtroom that they are still waiting for a medical evaluation to be completed for Colt Gray.

nypost.com

 

[arielilane]

NEW TRIAL: A jury has been selected in GA v. Colin Gray. Opening statements Monday. Colin Gray is the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect, Colt Gray. Colin has been charged with 29 counts including second degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and more. He is accused of purchaising the AR-style rifle as a Christmas gift for his son even though months prior police were alerted and then contacted Colin about online threats link to his son Colt.

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[imstilla.grandma]

The trial of Colin Gray, father of a teen accused in a deadly Georgia high school shooting, began Monday (February 16) in Barrow County. Grayfaces 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."

Murder Trial Begins For Father Of Georgia High School Mass Shooting Suspect | 100.3 The Edge

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.

Gifted gun despite concerns: Father of US school shooter goes on trial on murder charges

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[tricia]

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[ivylambs]

The mother should have been charged too. Absurdly neglectful, dysfunctional parents, the both of them.

 

[Weki]

Based on the opening statements, the defendant should be easily convicted. But the state has not produced any evidence so far that implicates the Dad. I know they have to proof up the murders/injuries. I assume we're getting to Dad's culpability once that's done.

 

[CandyKiss]

The mother should have been charged too. Absurdly neglectful, dysfunctional parents, the both of them.

IMO .................. Their three children never had a chance.

The 14-year-old alleged gunman’s maternal grandfather, told The Post at the time that his former son-in-law, Colin Gray, should bear much of the blame for the bloodbath.

“Spending 11 years with that son of a screaming and hollering every day — it can affect anybody,” stated the grandfather, 81, said of his 54-year-old ex-son-in-law, who was married to his daughter. “He’s evil,” he said of the older Gray. “They couldn’t, they didn’t survive in it,” he said of the family.

Accused Georgia high school shooter Colt Gray shows off drastically different appearance at court hearing

Attorney Aisha Broderick told the courtroom that they are still waiting for a medical evaluation to be completed for Colt Gray.

nypost.com

His ex-wife is in prison for 5 years; convicted of possessing drugs, including fentanyl and meth, and damaging her ex-husband's work vehicle. Also has another trial to attend for exploitation and intimidation of a disabled adult or elderly person, false imprisonment, criminal damage to property in the second degree, and theft. If convicted she faces 20 years.

Mother of Apalachee HS shooting suspect charged with taping her mom to chair, leaving her

CG: The landlord told the outlet that the Grays were slow to leave the rental property and left behind their two German Shepherds and several priceless memories. “I imagine the next place where they were renting didn’t allow dogs, so they just left them,” he claimed, saying that the couple had ignored his attempts at reuniting them with their dogs. CG had only returned to the house after the locks were changed to retrieve the firearms he left behind. The 54-year-old father reportedly “kicked in the door to get his guns out.”

Dad of alleged Georgia school shooter Colt Gray abandoned his 2 dogs, wedding photos during eviction — but ‘kicked in door’ to get his guns: report

 

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