Father of alleged Georgia school shooter pleads not guilty to charges that he shares responsibility for killings
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Colin Gray, the father of alleged Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, entered a not guilty plea Thursday morning to charges – including two counts of second-degree murder – alleging that he shares responsibility for the September shooting.
Colin Gray, the father of alleged Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, entered a not guilty plea Thursday morning to charges – including two counts of second-degree murder – alleging that he shares responsibility for the September shooting. Gray did not appear in court, and the plea was entered on his behalf by his attorney, Jimmy Berry, who waived a formal arraignment. Gray faces 29 charges, including two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of involuntary manslaughter. In the indictment, a grand jury said Gray gave his son “access to a firearm and ammunition after receiving sufficient warning that Colt Gray would endanger the bodily safety of another,” calling it “a substantial and unjustifiable risk.” Colin Gray is only the third person charged in the US in connection with a school shooting by their child. Jennifer and James Crumbley were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for allowing their son Ethan Crumbley to have a gun despite his declining mental health. Ethan was convicted of killing four classmates at Oxford High School in Michigan and sentenced to life in prison without parole last year. Investigators previously testified in court that Colin Gray bought the AR-15-style rifle allegedly used in the school shooting for Colt Gray as a Christmas present last year, only seven months after the family was questioned by law enforcement over online threats “to commit a school shooting.”
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