Georgia father on trial, accused of giving son rifle before school shooting
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Colin Gray faces murder and cruelty charges in the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting, with prosecutors arguing he ignored warnings before giving his son a rifle.
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"This is not a case about holding parents accountable for what their children do," Barrow County District Attorney Brad Smith told jurors during opening statements. "This case is about this defendant and his actions in allowing a child that he has custody over access to a firearm and ammunition after being warned that that child was going to harm others."
Under Georgia law, second-degree murder can apply when someone causes the death of a child while committing cruelty to children — the underlying felony prosecutors allege in this case. Smith told jurors the charges are structured around the victims, tying cruelty-to-children counts to the deaths of the students and reckless-conduct allegations to involuntary manslaughter counts for the slain teachers.
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