Georgia School Shooting Latest: Colt Gray Appeared In Court As More Charges Planned Against Suspect, DA Says
NewsWorldAmericasApalachee High School shooting suspect and his father Colin Gray both appeared in a Georgia courthouse this morning
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Georgia school mass shooting suspect Colt Gray and his father Colin Gray faced a judge Friday at the Barrow County Courthouse in Georgia for their arraignment.
Judge Currie Mingledorff II told the Apalachee High School shooting suspect that he could face life in prison if convicted on any of the four felony murder counts held against him. The 14-year-old is being tried as an adult, however, the judge ruled out the possibility of a death sentence due to being younger than 18.
Colin Gray, 54, who faced Judge Mingledorff in the same courtroom about 45 minutes after his son, was told he could be sentenced up to 180 years in prison. The dad faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Colt Gray is accused of opening fire on staff and students at Apalachee High School in Winder with an AR-style rifle, resulting in the deaths of two 14-year-old pupils and two teachers on Wednesday.
His father allegedly bought the semi-automatic weapon for his son as a Christmas present.
1725660054Victim ID’d by family Another victim of the Apalachee High School shooting was identified by her family.
Melany Garcia was shot in the shoulder, her family told WSBTV.
The bullet broke the bone that connects her shoulder to her arm.
“She’s a normal young teen who loves to be with friends, play soccer, and spend time with family, and none of those hobbies will ever be the same now,” they wrote in a statement.
The teen will need to undergo more surgeries.
Her family has started a GoFundMe campaign.
Andrea Cavallier6 September 2024 23:00
1725655554Father of suspected school shooter rocks back and forth during his own court hearingFather of Georgia school shooting suspect appears in courtAndrea Cavallier6 September 2024 21:45
1725653789WATCH: Suspected school shooter Colt Gray appears in court14-year-old Colt Gray appears in court charged with killing four at Georgia schoolAndrea Cavallier6 September 2024 21:16
1725649320Mother of Apalachee shooting victim says he ‘didn’t deserve to die like this’Christian Angulo’s mother told Univision that her son didn’t deserve to die like this.
“He was only 14 years old; they took his whole life, his future and his time with us,” Emma Angulo said.
“He didn’t deserve this. He didn’t deserve to die like this. I miss him. For me, this is like … I wish it was a dream.”
She recalled the last hug they had.
“He gave his father and me a hug; I will always carry that in my heart,” she said.
The family moved to Georgia from California 10 years ago for safer schools.
“In California, the schools were supposedly bad, and here we find the same situation,” she said.
“It hurts a lot. It feels like they killed me and my family.”
(Supplied)Andrea Cavallier6 September 2024 20:02
1725647454Some Georgia schools remain closed due to threatsThe Franklin County School System closed all its schools onFriday due to receiving threats on Thursday, WSBTV reported.
A teenager was arrested for making several threats against schools in the area, according to the Gainesville Police Department and another teen was arrested Thursday afternoon for threatening to “finish the job” at Apalachee High School.
The teens have not been identified.
School officials said they are working closely with local law enforcement and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Andrea Cavallier6 September 2024 19:30
1725645654‘Seeing blood everywhere’Ariel Bowling, who is in the 10th grade at Apalachee High School, was about to walk to the vending machine when the shooting began.
“We ran back inside, and we closed the door, and we all ran to the corner,” Bowling told 11Alive. “And that’s whenever I called my mom, and I told her that, hey, this isn’t a drill. There’s an active shooter.”
She said she could see “blood everywhere.”
Bowling is OK, but says she knew some of the victims, some who survived and some who did not.
Andrea Cavallier6 September 2024 19:00
1725644754JD Vance skirts around question about holding parents accountable in school shootingsJD Vance skirts around question about holding parents accountable in school shootingsAndrea Cavallier6 September 2024 18:45
1725643254Both son and father to remain in jailApalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray and his father Colin Gray were arraigned on Friday.
They both faced murder charges.
Neither attorney requested bail during the hearing.
So both father and son will remain in jail.
Andrea Cavallier6 September 2024 18:20
1725639635Here’s why suspect’s dad Colin Gray faces two murder counts when there were four deaths Among Colin Gray’s slew of charges are two counts of felony murder in the second degree. There were, however, four deaths after Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray allegedly opened fire on the Winder, Georgia, school on Wednesday.
The 54-year-old gave his son a firearm “with knowledge he was a threat to himself and others,” according to his arrest warrant.
Barrow County District Attorney Brad Smith explained why.
“Second-degree murder is different in Georgia than in other states. It’s a rather new charge, and it is specifically geared towards cruelty to children in the second degree,” he told CNN.
“If you commit cruelty to children in the second degree that causes death, that is second-degree murder.”
James Liddell 6 September 2024 17:20
1725638135Colt Gray to face ‘additional charges,’ DA saysGeorgia shooting suspect Colt Gray will face “additional charges,” Barrow County District Attorney Brad Smith said on Friday.
The upcoming charges will be filed after investigators speak with victims that sustained injuries after Gray allegedly opened fire on Apalachee High School pupils and teachers using an AR-style rifle on Wednesday – which killed four and injured nine.
“There will be additional charges on Colt Gray. When he was taken into custody on Wednesday, we did not have the identities or the conditions of the other victims. So we were not able to charge on those offenses,” Smith said, as first reported by CNN.
“So when evidence comes in, and they’ve had a chance to heal physically, emotionally and spiritually, we will get with them, and there will be additional charges that address the other victims.”
James Liddell6 September 2024 16:55
