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Georgia teen who killed four in school shooting sentenced to life in prison without parole
Cole Gray pleaded guilty to 55 counts, including murder, for shooting at Apalachee high school in 2024 A US judge on Tuesday sentenced a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee high school in Georgia to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole. Colt Gray, 16, had pleaded guilty on Friday to 55 counts, including murder, in the 4 September 2024, shooting at the school about 45 miles (73km) north-east of Atlanta . Gray, who was 14 at the time, was charged as an adult. Nicholas Primm, a Barrow county superior court judge, handed down the sentence after hearing from family members of those killed and victims, as well as investigators, a forensic psychologist who had evaluated Gray, a youth detention center counselor and Gray’s grandmother.
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Cole Gray pleaded guilty to 55 counts, including murder, for shooting at Apalachee high school in 2024 A US judge on Tuesday sentenced a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee high school in Georgia to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole. Colt Gray, 16, had pleaded guilty on Friday to 55 counts, including murder, in the 4 September 2024, shooting at the school about 45 miles (73km) north-east of Atlanta . Gray, who was 14 at the time, was charged as an adult. Nicholas Primm, a Barrow county superior court judge, handed down the sentence after hearing from family members of those killed and victims, as well as investigators, a forensic psychologist who had evaluated Gray, a youth detention center counselor and Gray’s grandmother.
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