Both father and son were in 2023 in connection with an online threat to commit a school shooting.
ATLANTA - Georgia state officials arrested the father of the 14-year-old suspected school shooter Colt Gray on Sept 5 in connection with a school shooting a day earlier that killed four and wounded nine, saying the father knowingly allowed his son to have the murder weapon.
Colt Gray has been charged with four counts of felony murder and would be tried as an adult, officials said. His arraignment is set for Sept 6 morning before a Georgia Superior Court judge in Barrow County by video camera. Officials identified those killed as two 14-year-old students, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, and two teachers, Mr Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Ms Christina Irimie, 53.
Experts and gun safety advocates said the Michigan case was an important step in holding gun-owning parents more accountable for school violence carried out by their children. Jackson County investigators closed the case after being unable to substantiate that either Gray was connected to the Discord account, and did not find grounds to seek the needed court order to confiscate the family’s guns, according to police reports released by the sheriff’s office on Sept 5.
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