Father of accused Atlanta-area school shooter convicted of second-degree murder trial


Colin Gray, 54, the father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, 14, who is charged as an adult with four counts of murder in the deaths of Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, enters the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance, in Winder, U.S., September 6, 2024. Brynn Anderson/Pool via REUTERS

ATLANTA, ⁠March 3 (Reuters) - Colin ⁠Gray, the ‌father of a boy charged with killing ​four people ⁠at a ⁠school near Atlanta ⁠in ‌2024, was ⁠found guilty of second-degree ​murder ‌on Tuesday in ⁠a ​rare U.S. legal case ⁠in which a ​parent was prosecuted following the actions ⁠of a child in a mass shooting.

(Reporting ​by ⁠Rich McKay in ​Atlanta; ‌Editing by Donna ​Bryson and Will Dunham)

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