Father of Georgia school shooting suspect told investigators he purchased gun as holiday present for son, sources say
Father of Georgia school shooting suspect told investigators he purchased gun as holiday present for son, sources say
The father of the mass shooting suspect accused of killing four people at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, told investigators this week he had purchased the gun used in the killings as a holiday present for his son in December 2023, according to two law enforcement sources with direct knowl...
The father of the mass shooting suspect accused of killing four people at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, told investigators this week he had purchased the gun used in the killings as a holiday present for his son in December 2023, according to two law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.
Colt Gray, a 14-year-old student, is accused of killing two students and two teachers with an AR-style rifle in the Wednesday shooting. Nine more people were hospitalized.
One source told CNN the AR-15-style rifle was purchased at a local gun store as a Christmas present.
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After they had been contacted by investigators over concerns the kid wanted to do a school shooting.
This is why red flag laws need to be a thing.
The buried lede-
The timeline the teen’s father provided to authorities would put the gun purchase months after authorities first contacted Gray and his family to investigate school shooting threats made online.
Sounds like accessory to murder to me.
Funny that, Colin Gray, father of Colt (the shooter) has been officially charged
2 counts of murder 2
4 counts of involuntary manslaughter
8 counts of cruelty to children
I wonder how they settled on 2 counts of murder. Maybe that implies they think 2 victims were targetted and 2 were in the wrong place at the wrong time?
It's a quirk in Georgia's law where cruelty to children and their death gets those charges upgraded to murder 2.
How quirky
Oh absolutely. Throw that fucker in jail. He's more responsible than the kid.
Yeah, I'm wondering how many people failed that kid for him to end up in a place where he decided to throw away his life to lash out in a way that couldn't be ignored or swept under a rug.
Ultimately, this is probably the root of the problem more than the access to guns are because a kid that wants to shoot up his school but can't get a gun to do so is still a tragedy and could still turn deadly.
Edit: not that guns aren't too easy to access in the US
Never buy your adolescents guns parents, as a matter of fact, don't let them have guns where you can't see them
There are places where training your kids in an age appropriate manner is the right thing to do. But of course it's the parent's responsibility to do that correctly, supervise use, and remove any firearms if there are problems.