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Colin Gray, father who gave rifle to Apalachee High School shooter, sentenced to 15 years

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Colin Gray, the father of the teen who was convicted of killing four in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.

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  1. Judge sentences Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray

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  2. Father of Georgia school shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison in landmark murder case

    Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri ·

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    Colin Gray, father who gave rifle to Apalachee High School shooter, sentenced to 15 years

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  1. Fox5 Atlanta

    Apalachee school shooter Colt Gray returns to court for sentencing (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    Fox5 Atlanta's feed description

    A 16-year-old mass shooter returns to court Tuesday morning as a judge is set to determine his sentence for the September 2024 attack that left four people dead at Apalachee High School. Live coverage of the hearing resumes in the player above at 9 a.m. ET Tuesday.

  2. 11Alive Atlanta

    Jail calls with mom, comments reveling in school shooter notoriety played at Colt Gray sentencing hearing (opens 11Alive Atlanta)

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    11Alive Atlanta's feed description

    Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday as they argue Apalachee High shooter Colt Gray should not be given the possibility of parole.

  3. 11Alive Atlanta

    Judge sentences Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray (opens 11Alive Atlanta)

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    11Alive Atlanta's feed description

    Judge's ruling ends a closely watched criminal case.

  4. Just the News

    Father who gifted son rifle used in Georgia high school shooting sentenced to 15 years (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    In March, a jury convicted Colin Gray on multiple charges, including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, stemming from his decision to give his son, Colt Gray, a rifle for Christmas.

  5. NBC Chicago

    Apalachee High School shooter's dad sentenced to 15 years (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, arrives to the courtroom at the Barrow County courthouse, Dec. 18, 2025, in Winder, Ga.

  6. Green Field Reporter

    Father who gave his son the gun used in a Georgia high school shooting to be sentenced (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    A man who gave his son the gun used to kill two students and two teachers at Appalachee High School in Georgia is set to be sentenced Thursday after he was convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.

  7. Seattle Times

    Father who gave his son the gun used in a Georgia high school shooting faces sentencing (opens Seattle Times)

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    Seattle Times's feed description

    A man who gave his son the gun used in a deadly school shooting in Georgia is set to be sentenced Thursday.

  8. Fox5 Atlanta

    Father of Apalachee High School shooter to be sentenced (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    Fox5 Atlanta's feed description

    The father of Apalachee High School mass shooter Colt Gray will appear in a Barrow County courtroom Thursday for his sentencing. Colin Gray, 55, faces a maximum sentence of 180 years in prison after a jury convicted him in March on 27 counts, including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaught…

  9. KEZI Eugene

    Father of Georgia school shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison in landmark murder case (opens KEZI Eugene)

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    KEZI Eugene's feed description

    Colin Gray, the Georgia father whose teenage son Colt killed four people in a 2024 school shooting, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison in a landmark case testing the limits of who can be held responsible for a…

  10. KION Central Coast

    His son was just sentenced to life without parole for a school shooting. Today, Colin Gray learns his own fate (opens KION Central Coast)

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    KION Central Coast's feed description

    By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Days after teenage school shooter Colt Gray was sentenced to life in prison, his father is set to appear in the same courtroom for his own sentencing in a landmark case that pushes the limits of who is responsible for a mass shooting. Colin Gray, whose son killed four

  11. 6ABC Philadelphia

    Father to be sentenced for murder in Georgia high school shooting carried out by teenage son (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

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    6ABC Philadelphia's feed description

    Colin Gray admitted to providing the assault rifle used by his then-14-year-old son in the shooting at Apalachee High School, which killed two students and two teachers.

  12. News Nation Now

    Colin Gray sentencing underway in Georgia high school shooting case (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    A sentencing hearing was underway Thursday for a man who gave his son the gun used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia after he was convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.

  13. HuffPost

    Dad Who Gave His Son The Gun Used In A Georgia High School Shooting To Be Sentenced (opens HuffPost)

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    HuffPost's feed description

    Colin Gray gifted the rifle, ammo, and other gun accessories to his son, who had photos of another school shooter on his bedroom walls, a court heard.

  14. 11Alive Atlanta

    Colin Gray sentencing: Defense asks for 10 years in prison, State wants 80 years (opens 11Alive Atlanta)

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    11Alive Atlanta's feed description

    Judge Nicholas Primm put the court in recess until 1 p.m. as he determines how he will sentence the convicted father of Apalachee High shooter Colt Gray.

  15. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Father who gave gun to Georgia school shooter gets 15 years in prison on charges including second-degree murder (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Father who gave gun to Georgia school shooter gets 15 years in prison on charges including second-degree murder

  16. The Trace

    Georgia Father Is Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for His Child’s Mass Shooting (opens The Trace)

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    On July 30, Colin Gray, the father of the 14-year-old who killed four people and wounded nine others at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, in 2024, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for failing to secure the gun used in the shooting. Gray is the first parent of a shooter in the country […]

  17. 13WMAZ Macon

    Father of Apalachee High shooter given 15 years in prison in second degree murder case (opens 13WMAZ Macon)

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    13WMAZ Macon's feed description

    Judge Nicholas Primm delivered the sentence Thursday to Colin Gray, the convicted father of Apalachee High shooter Colt Gray.

  18. ABC News

    Dad sentenced to 15 years in prison in school shooting carried out by teenage son (opens ABC News)

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    ABC News's feed description

    Colin Gray admitted to providing the assault rifle used by his then-14-year-old son in the shooting at Apalachee High School, which killed two students and two teachers.

  19. CBS News

    Father convicted in Apalachee High School shooting gets 15 years (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Days after his son was sentenced, the father of the Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, is in court for his own sentencing hearing.

  20. WHDH Boston

    Father who gave gun to Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to serve 15 years in prison (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    A man who gave his son the gun he used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia was sentenced Thursday to...

  21. CBS News

    Colin Gray, father of Apalachee High School shooter, sentenced to 15 years in prison (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday. CBS News' Skyler Henry has more.

  22. Anchorage Daily News

    Father who gave gun to Georgia high school shooter sentenced to 15 years (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    Prosecutors say Colin Gray gave his son, Colt, the rifle as a Christmas gift along with ammunition, a gun sight and other shooting accessories.

  23. HuffPost

    Colin Gray, Who Gave His Son The Gun Used In Georgia School Shooting, Is Sentenced To 15 Years (opens HuffPost)

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    HuffPost's feed description

    Victims and family of those killed in the Apalachee High School shooting urged the judge to give Colin Gray the maximum sentence possible.

  24. NBC News

    Father of Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The man who gifted his 14-year-old son an assault rifle that he then used to unleash a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia was sentenced to 15 years in prison. A jury convicted Colin Gray on multiple charges, including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.

  25. Phl17

    Father who gave gun to Georgia school shooter gets 14-year sentence (opens Phl17)

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    Phl17's feed description

    A man who gave his son the gun he used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison.

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