Overview
- Jurors found Colin Gray guilty on 27 counts after less than two hours of deliberation, including two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of involuntary manslaughter, 18 counts of cruelty to children and five counts of reckless conduct.
- Prosecutors said Gray bought his son an AR-15–style rifle as a Christmas gift and left it accessible despite warnings and a 2023 law-enforcement interview following an anonymous tip about threats.
- Four people were killed in the Sept. 4, 2024 attack at Apalachee High School—students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, and teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53—with nine others wounded.
- Gray is jailed pending sentencing, with potential penalties of 10 to 30 years for each second-degree murder count and 1 to 10 years for each involuntary manslaughter count; a sentencing date will be set later.
- Barrow County’s district attorney said this is Georgia’s first parent prosecution tied to a school shooting, while the accused shooter, Colt Gray, faces 55 counts in a separate case as an adult with no trial date set.