this morning new charges against the father of the accused shooter in Georgia as 14-year-old cold gray is expected to be arraigned after the deadly mourning that left four people dead including two students and two teachers and overnight his 54-year-old father Colin Gray was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter two counts of second deegree murder and eight counts of Cruelty to Children these charges stem from Mr Gray knowing allowing his son col to possess a weapon two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation telling NBC News the father gave his son an AR-15 style rifle as a gift after they were interviewed by authorities last year following an online thread the same type of weapon was used in the mass shooting according to an investigator's incident report following that interview last year Colin Gray told the authorities that his son was allowed to use his father's hunting rifles when supervised but quote does not have unfettered access investigators this morning are still searching for a motive indicating gray was a brand new student to the district Wednesday just his second day at the high school Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith crediting a new safety app which was implemented at the school just last week with the quick response from police and with saving lives lives the teachers each have an ID with their picture on it and they have a button on that ID and they press it so many times and it alerts us where that incident is occurring we prevented more deaths interacting with the suspect within minutes this morning we're also learning of heroic acts by math teacher and football coach Richard aspenwall Witnesses say he died protecting his students if he wouldn't have gone out there and and checked and seen what the commotion was who knows if that kid would have been able to come into a second classroom so he is by far a hero