Father to be sentenced for murder in Georgia high school shooting carried out by teenage son

Key Points:

• Colin Gray, father of a Georgia teenager who carried out a deadly mass shooting at Apalachee High School in September 2024, is set to be sentenced on 27 charges, including second-degree murder, after a jury found him criminally responsible for providing the assault rifle used in the attack.
• His son, 16-year-old Colt Gray, pleaded guilty to all 55 counts, including murder and aggravated assault, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole by Judge Nicholas Primm.
• Prosecutors presented evidence that Colin Gray ignored warnings about his son's fascination with mass shooters and gave him an AR-15-style rifle as a Christmas gift, which was used in the shooting that killed two students and two teachers.
• Colin Gray faces over 100 years in prison and is the latest parent in the U.S. to be convicted in connection with a mass shooting committed by their child, following similar cases such as the Crumbleys in Michigan and Robert Crimo Jr. in Illinois.
• Other ongoing cases involve parents charged for allowing minors access to firearms used in school shootings, highlighting increasing legal accountability for parents in such incidents.