Teen Shooter and Father Appear in Court for Apalachee High School Tragedy

Georgia Teen Shooter Makes First Court Appearance

Colt Gray, the 14-year-old accused of killing four peo­ple at Apalachee High School in Winder, Geor­gia, made his first court appear­ance on Friday.

Dressed in shack­les and prison attire, Gray spoke soft­ly and kept his head down dur­ing the brief hear­ing at Bar­row Coun­ty Supe­ri­or Court.

Father Colin Gray Also Arrested in Connection to Shooting

In a shock­ing devel­op­ment, Colt’s father Col­in Gray, 53, was also arrest­ed and charged with mul­ti­ple counts relat­ed to the shoot­ing. Author­i­ties allege he allowed his son access to the semi-auto­mat­ic rifle used in the attack.

Charges and Legal Proceedings

Colt Gray faces mul­ti­ple mur­der charges for the deaths of two stu­dents and two teach­ers. His father Col­in is charged with:

• 4 counts of invol­un­tary manslaughter
• 2 counts of sec­ond-degree murder
• 8 counts of cru­el­ty to children

Nei­ther request­ed bond dur­ing their ini­tial appearances.

Family Background Raises Questions

Pub­lic records reveal a trou­bling his­to­ry for the Gray family:

• Moth­er Marcee Gray has a crim­i­nal record span­ning mul­ti­ple counties
• Pre­vi­ous social media threats were inves­ti­gat­ed in 2023 but charges weren’t filed
• The fam­i­ly home was raid­ed by FBI fol­low­ing the shooting

Victims and Community Impact

The shoot­ing has dev­as­tat­ed the Winder com­mu­ni­ty. Vic­tims iden­ti­fied include:

• Teacher Richard Aspinwall
• Stu­dent Mason Scher­mer­horn, 14
• Stu­dent Chris­t­ian Angu­lo, 14
• Teacher Christi­na Irimie

As the legal process unfolds, many ques­tions remain about how this tragedy could have been prevented.