Guilty verdict for US father of teenage school shooter

Prosecutors say Colin Gray, 55, could have prevented his son from killing four people at a high school in Georgia in 2024.

Colin Gray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter ... , in the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia.

A Barrow County jury found Colin Gray guilty on all counts in connection with the 2024 mass shooting at Apalachee ... , including second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and cruelty to children.

Colin Gray, 55, was found guilty on all charges after his 14-year-old son, Colt Gray, opened fire in Apalachee High School, killing two students and two teachers and injuring seven others.

Colin Gray was found guilty ... invol ... , in the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia.

Colin Gray, 55, was convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter for providing his son, Colt Gray, with a rifle used in a 2024 school shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia, resulting in four deaths and nine injuries.

Colin Gray was convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter after giving his 14-year-old son access to a gun involved in a 2024 school shooting that killed four people at Apalachee High School.

In the trial of Colin Gray, prosecutors argued he is partly responsible for a 2024 school shooting at Apalachee High School, committed by his 14-year-old son, Colt Gray, who used a rifle given to him by his father for Christmas.

Colin Gray, 55, faces a maximum of 180 years in prison after a Barrow County jury found him guilty of 29 counts, including two counts of second-degree murder, in connection with the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting.

After roughly two weeks of testimony, jurors deliberated for just a few hours before convicting 54-year-old Colin Gray on more than two dozen charges, including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, related to the 4 September fatal shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia.

Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, is handcuffed and escorted out of the room after jury deliberations at his trial at Barrow County Courthouse in Winder, Ga., on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. The 55-year-old was found guilty to second-degree murder and other charges for allegedly giving his son the AR-style rifle used in the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting that killed two students and two teachers.

At the trial of Colin Gray, the father of accused Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, testimony focused on whether the father should be held accountable for giving his son a rifle despite alleged signs of mental instability. Colin testified that the gun was a Christmas gift meant to bond over hunting and shooting.

The jury 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.

Colin Gray was found guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter. A Georgia jury found Colin Gray guilty Tuesday on charges including second-degree murder and manslaughter, stemming from a 2024 mass shooting allegedly committed by his teenage son with a rifle he gifted him as a Christmas present.

The father of the accused Apalachee High School shooter, Colin Gray, was found guilty on all counts on Tuesday morning in Barrow County by a jury from Hall County. Sentencing has been deferred. Jurors deliberated for less than two hours before returning a unanimous verdict. Gray, 55, now faces up to 180 years in prison. Sentencing was deferred.