Georgia father of teen shooter gets 15-year prison sentence
Colin Gray, 55, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of murder, manslaughter and related charges for the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting in Winder, Georgia, in which four people were killed by his 16-year-old son Colt Gray who later pled guilty. Prosecutors said the rifle was a Christmas gift from Gray and warned signs were ignored; the judge criticized him for failing to secure guns and monitor his son, though Gray did not pull the trigger. The 15-year terms run concurrently with other counts; this case is among a small number of recent U.S. prosecutions of parents for mass shootings carried out by their children.
