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Colin Gray, 55, was convicted of second-degree murder after his son Colt carried out a school shooting that killed four. A father who gave his son the gun he used to kill four individuals at Georgia’s Apalachee High School has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Thursday’s sentencing hearing was part of a growing number of cases in which a parent has been held criminally responsible for a school shooting carried out by their child. Colin Gray, 55, had been convicted in March of second-degree murder for the killing of two 14-year-olds, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, as well as for manslaughter in the deaths of teachers Richard Aspinwall and Cristina Irimie. All four were killed when Gray’s son, Colt, now 16, opened fire in his high school on September 4, 2024.
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During Colin Gray’s prosecution, Barrow County District Attorney Brad Smith pointed to Colt’s mental state as a warning sign, as well as other indications.
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Colin Gray, 55, was convicted of second-degree murder after his son Colt carried out a school shooting that killed four. A father who gave his son the gun he used to kill four individuals at Georgia’s Apalachee High School has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Thursday’s sentencing hearing was part of a growing number of cases in which a parent has been held criminally responsible for a school shooting carried out by their child. Colin Gray, 55, had been convicted in March of second-degree murder for the killing of two 14-year-olds, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, as well as for manslaughter in the deaths of teachers Richard Aspinwall and Cristina Irimie. All four were killed when Gray’s son, Colt, now 16, opened fire in his high school on September 4, 2024.
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