Explaining the charges against the Apalachee High School suspected shooter and his dad | An Atlanta News First podcast

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The father of the suspected shooter who allegedly killed four people and injured nine others in last week’s metro Atlanta school shooting is facing the stiffest charges ever leveled against the parent of a juvenile charged in such a deadly attack.

Colin Gray, 54, was charged this past Friday with four counts of involuntary manslaughter; two counts of second-degree murder; and eight counts of cruelty to children. Police say he knowingly allowed his son - Colt Gray, 14 - to have access to an AR-15-style rifle that was allegedly used in the shooting.

A Dec. 4, 2024, court date has been set for both Colt Gray and Colin Gray. Brad Smith, district attorney for the Piedmont Judicial Circuit, said a grand jury has been empaneled and will consider formal charges against them on Oct. 17, 2024.

Both Colt Gray, 14, and Colin Gray, 54, appeared recently in the Barrow County courthouse where Judge Currie Mingledorff II set Dec. 4, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., as preliminary hearings for both.

John Acevedo, Emory University law professor, breaks down the charges against Colt Gray and the unprecedented charges against his father, the most severe of its kind in U.S. history.

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