Families of school shooting victims want more accountability
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Following a precedent setting case out of Michigan, prosecutors are starting to hold parents accountable for their child's mass shooting crimes. 60 Minutes reports on whether it's enough to break the cycle of school shootings.
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60 Minutes Overtime Is holding parents accountable for their child's mass shooting crime enough to break the cycle of violence? By Sharyn Alfonsi , Sharyn Alfonsi Correspondent, 60 Minutes Sharyn Alfonsi is an award-winning correspondent for 60 Minutes. Read Full Bio Sharyn Alfonsi , Aliza Chasan , Aliza Chasan Digital Content Producer Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza covers trending news, often focusing on crime and politics. Read Full Bio Aliza Chasan , Ashley Velie , Ashley Velie Ashley Velie is a Peabody Award-winning producer for 60 Minutes who has worked overseas and in the U.S. for CBS News since 1998. She has received multiple awards and nominations for stories on war, public health, human rights, and politics. Read Full Bio Ashley Velie , Eliza Costas March 1, 2026 / 7:00 PM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google For the past two weeks, prosecutors in Barrow County, Georgia, have been arguing that Colin Gray ignored red flags about his son's mental health before the teen allegedly opened fire at Apalachee High School in 2024, killing two teachers and two students. The Apalachee case marks the third time a parent has been charged for their connection to a mass shooting allegedly carried out by their child. Following the 2021 shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan, prosecutors convicted the gunman's parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley. They were each sentenced to 10-15 years in prison. It was the first time that parents had been held criminally responsible for their child's mass school shooting. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been more than 80 mass school shootings at U.S. schools since the 1999 Columbine massacre. Steve St. Juliana, who lost his 14-year-old daughter, Hana, in the Oxford shooting, said something needs to change. "Our society refuses to take significant action...
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