Colin Gray, father of the teenager who shot four people at Apalachee High School in the US state of Georgia, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. In 2023, the man gave his son Colt Gray a rifle for Christmas, which he later used in the attack at the high school in the town of Winder. Novy Cas ↗
According to the court, the father should have known about the risk, since his son had previously threatened a shooting at school. Colt Gray was 14 years old at the time of the attack. Four people died in the shooting and another nine were injured. The case has become one of the most notable court proceedings in the US in which criminal responsibility was also established against a parent of a school shooter.
The jury found Colin Gray guilty in March, among other things of second-degree murder, manslaughter, and other charges. Foreign media report that this is the first such case in Georgia, and according to some reports, also the first parent found guilty of murder in connection with a shooting committed by their child. teraz.sk ↗
Colt Gray himself was sentenced to life in prison in a separate proceeding for the murder of four people. The verdict against his father could influence further cases in the US dealing with the availability of weapons to minors and parents' responsibility for warning signs before an attack.
Father of Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison
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Tínedžer zo školy v Georgii dostal DOŽIVOTIE za vraždu štyroch ľudí
teraz.sk
| 06:51 29.07.
Dad who gifted teen son the gun he used to kill four in mass shooting gets 15 years
Independent
| 19:47 30.07.
„Jako rodič jste selhal.“ Soud v USA poslal do vězení otce, jehož syn vraždil
seznamzpravy.cz
| 22:01 30.07.
Father of teen school shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison
BBC World
| 19:33 30.07.
Plánoval streľbu na škole, od otca dostal pušku: Rukou tínedžera zomreli v USA štyria ľudia!
Novy Cas
| 04:29 29.07.
Father of US school shooter jailed for 15 years
RTE News
| 22:04 30.07.
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