Father of Georgia school shooting suspect arrested on charges including second-degree murder

Published: Sep 05, 2024 Duration: 00:02:04 Category: News & Politics

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STEVE, NATASHA, BACK TO YOU GUYS. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS, TERESA. BREAKING RIGHT NOW, THE FATHER OF THE SUSPECTED GEORGIA SCHOOL SHOOTER HAS NOW BEEN CHARGED HIMSELF. >> COLIN GRAY IS FACING A SLEW OF CHARGES, INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE MURDER. FOX FIVE'S SHARON CROWLEY JOINS US LIVE WITH THAT LATEST DEVELOPMENT. SHARON. >> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 54 YEAR OLD COLIN GRAY, THE FATHER OF THE TEEN ACCUSED OF OPENING FIRE AT A GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY MORNING AND KILLING FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING WOUNDING NINE OTHERS, HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON VARIOUS CHARGES, INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SAYS THAT GRAY LET HIS SON HAVE A WEAPON. THAT'S THE GROUNDS FOR THE CHARGES. HIS SON, 14 YEAR OLD COLT GRAY. YOU SEE, THERE WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. HE'S ACCUSED OF USING A SEMIAUTOMATIC STYLE WEAPON TO SHOOT AND KILL TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AND WOUNDING NINE OTHERS. THE SCHOOL SHOOTING SUSPECT HAS BEEN ON LAW ENFORCEMENT RADAR FOR A YEAR AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF MAKING AN ONLINE THREAT TO SHOOT UP A MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE FBI DID ALERT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES, WHO INTERVIEWED THE THEN 13 YEAR OLD COLT GRAY AND HIS FATHER, BUT AUTHORITIES SAY THERE WERE NO GROUNDS TO MAKE AN ARREST AT THE TIME. AND NOW THE FATHER IS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND EIGHT COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. SECOND DEGREE MURDER, YOU SHOULD KNOW IN GEORGIA IS PUNISHABLE BETWEEN 10 AND 30 YEARS IN PRISON. >> THESE CHARGES STEM FROM MR. GRAY KNOWINGLY ALLOWING HIS SON, COLT TO POSSESS A WEAPON. >> WHAT WE'RE FACING HEARTBREAK. >> WE'RE HEARTBROKEN. A YOUNG PERSON BROUGHT A GUN INTO A SCHOOL, COMMITTED AN EVIL ACT, AND HE TOOK LIVES. AND HE INJURED MANY OTHER PEOPLE, NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY, BUT MENTALLY. >> SO THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND SCHOOL SHOOTING CASE WHERE A PARENT HAS BEEN HELD CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF THEIR CHILD. YOU'LL RECALL PARENTS OF THE MICHIGAN SCHOOL SHOOTER, ETHAN CRUMBLEY WERE SENTENCED TO

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