Colin Gray: Verdict reached in murder trial of accused school shooter's father
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The jury has found Colin Gray, the man whose teenage son is accused of killing two students and two teachers in a shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School, guilty of second-degree murder and all other charges.
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Local News Jury finds father of accused Apalachee High School shooter guilty of murder, all other charges By Dan Raby Dan Raby Senior Digital Producer, CBS News Atlanta Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. Read Full Bio Dan Raby Updated on: March 3, 2026 / 10:59 AM EST / CBS Atlanta Add CBS News on Google The jury has found Colin Gray , the man whose teenage son is accused of killing two students and two teachers in a shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School , guilty of second-degree murder and all other charges. On Tuesday, after just a few hours of deliberating and two weeks of witness testimony, the jury announced that they had come to a verdict. Gray was charged with 29 counts, including second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and cruelty to children. He had pleaded not guilty to all charges. His prosecution marks the third time a parent has been charged for their connection to a mass shooting allegedly carried out by their child, and the first adult charged in connection with a school shooting in Georgia. Four dead in Apalachee High School shooting Investigators say on Sept. 4, 2024, then-14-year-old Colt Gray carried a semiautomatic assault-style rifle onto the school bus, with the barrel sticking out of his book bag, wrapped up in a poster board. They say the boy left his second-period class and emerged from a bathroom with the rifle before shooting people in a classroom and hallways. Killed in the shooting were 14-year-old students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, and teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53. Another teacher and eight other students were wounded. Authorities say the teen carefully plotted the shooting at his Barrow County high school, including allegedly leaving a notebook with handwritten instructions detailing the steps to prepare for the violence and a diagram of his classroom. Attorneys argue Colin Gray's...
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