Father of US teen school shooter sentenced to 15 years for providing gun

Key Points:

• Colin Gray, father of the teenage shooter in the 2024 Georgia high school shooting, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing his son with the assault-style rifle used in the attack.
• The shooting by Colton Gray, then 14, resulted in the deaths of two teachers and two students, with additional injuries to one teacher and eight students.
• Judge Nicholas Primm emphasized Gray’s negligence and shared responsibility, noting that the weapon was given as a Christmas gift despite Gray's awareness of his son's troubling interests in mass shootings.
• Colton Gray received a life sentence without parole after pleading guilty to 55 counts, while prosecutors argued for an 80-year sentence for his father, who was convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.
• Victims' families condemned Gray’s parental failures, highlighting the preventable nature of the tragedy and the lasting grief experienced by those affected.