Georgia authorities charge father of school shooting suspect with murder

The father of 14-year-old Georgia school shooting suspect Colt Gray was arrested on Thursday night in connection with the shooting at Apalachee High School. 

Colin Gray, 54, has been charged with 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. His son has been charged with four counts of felony murder.

In a press conference shortly following the arrest, police said the father has been charged for "knowingly" allowing his son to have a weapon.

Four people were killed and nine people were injured at a mass shooting at Apalachee High School, in Winder, a city about 45 miles northeast of Atlanta, according to authorities. The four people killed in the shooting have been identified as 14-year-old students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, and math teachers Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie.

Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said all nine people are expected to make a "full recovery," even as several remain in the hospital. He also said the community is "heartbroken" over the shooting.

“A young person brought a gun into a school and committed an evil act," Smith said in the news conference. "He also took lives and injured many other people, not only physically but mentally."

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just the News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.