Overview
- Jurors heard a recorded GBI interview in which Colin Gray said he bought his son an AR‑15‑style rifle as a Christmas gift after telling him “maybe Santa Claus will bring you one.”
- In the interview, Gray acknowledged his son’s growing aggression, truancy and need for counseling, yet said the rifle had been kept in the teen’s room and was missing the morning of the attack.
- Gray’s teenage daughter testified that he pressured her to “cover for him,” and she admitted previously lying about his awareness of her brother’s fixation on school shooters and a Nikolas Cruz poster.
- On Monday, Marcee Gray told jurors she warned Colin Gray to lock up the guns and called the school after receiving an “I’m sorry” text from her son shortly before the shooting.
- Prosecutors have also highlighted the grandmother’s purchase of ammunition with the father’s approval and prior police visits to the home, while Gray pleads not guilty to 29 counts as testimony continues Wednesday.