Important Takeaways:
- Accused shooter Colt Gray, 14, was formally charged with 55 counts in connection with the shooting that killed four people and injured nine others, and his father, Colin Gray, was indicted on 29 counts by a grand jury in Barrow County, Georgia.
- The teenager faces charges including four counts of malice murder, four counts of felony murder, aggravated assault and cruelty to children over the Sept. 4 shooting some 50 miles northeast of Atlanta.
- His 54-year-old father faces charges including second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, as well as reckless conduct.
- The shooting killed 14-year-old students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo and teachers Christina Irimie and Richard “Ricky” Aspinwall.
- The father and son are due to appear for arraignment at Barrow County Superior Court on Nov. 21, when they’re expected to each formally enter a plea.
- Colt Gray is being charged as an adult, but he is being held in a juvenile detention center. He faces life in prison if convicted.
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Important Takeaways:
- The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting at a Georgia high school that killed four people and his father will both stay in custody following back-to-back court hearings Friday morning where their lawyers declined to seek bail.
- Colt Gray was charged as an adult with four counts of murder in the deaths of Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53.
- Because he’s a juvenile, the maximum penalty he would face is life without parole.
- Shortly after Colt Gray’s hearing, his father, Colin Gray, was brought into court. Colin Gray, 54, was charged Thursday in connection with the shooting, including with counts of involuntary manslaughter and second-degree murder. “His charges are directly connected with the actions of his son and allowing him to possess a weapon,” Hosey said.
- Nine people were also hurt in Wednesday’s attack.
- According to arrest warrants obtained by The Associated Press, Colt Gray is accused of using a “black semi-automatic AR-15 style rifle” to kill two students and two teachers at the school. Authorities have not offered any motive or explained how he obtained the gun or got it into the school.
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