Posted on 07/25/2026 9:19:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A teenager has pleaded guilty in a school shooting that killed two students and two teachers in the US state of Georgia.
Colt Gray, 16, was charged as an adult with malice murder, weapons violations and cruelty to children for the September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School. Gray, who was 14 at the time of the shooting, entered a non-negotiated plea agreement meaning there will be no trial.
His father was convicted of murder in March for giving his son the gun used in the shooting as a Christmas present.
Gray told Judge Nicholas Primm that he understood the consequences of his plea, including forfeiting his rights to a jury trial or an appeal and the likelihood of a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
Testimony was heard from police officer Jason Smith, who interviewed Gray in the shooting's aftermath.
He appeared visibly emotional as he talked about a map of the school and evidence investigators found on Gray's cellphone and in a notebook, indicating months of planning.
Gray had made drawings of his classroom, written a step-by-step guide of how he was going to carry out the shooting and listed casualty numbers he anticipated. Gray's attorneys are not contesting the evidence.
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You got that right. Good eye.
Was dad hoping to turn his son back toward normal by giving him a man's present?
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