"This is a weapon that I want you to shoot when we go to the range, and if you keep doing really good in school, going to school and doing all the things you should, you graduate and you're 18, this will be your gun. Colin Gray said he told his son after presenting the rifle as a Christmas gift, explaining his intention to use the weapon as motivation for academic achievement and bonding through recreational shooting activities."
"Colt, who was 14 years old at the time of the shooting, faces 55 counts, including murder in the deaths of four people and 25 counts of aggravated assault. He's accused of carefully planning the Sept. 4, 2024, shooting at Apalachee High School that left two teachers and two students dead and several others wounded at the school in Winder, northeast of Atlanta."
"The trial of Colin Gray, now ending its second week, has included testimony from the boy's mother, Marcee Gray, who testified that she urged her husband to lock up the guns so that Colt could not access them. But in the days before the school shooting, Colt kept the gun in his bedroom, witnesses have testified at his father's trial."
Colin Gray, father of accused school shooter Colt Gray, testified that he gave his son a rifle as a Christmas present to encourage bonding through hunting and range shooting. Gray stated he intended the gun as motivation for academic success, telling his son he could keep it upon graduation at age 18. Colt Gray, 14 at the time, allegedly used the weapon in a September 4, 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School that killed two teachers and two students, injuring others. Colin Gray faces 29 counts including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. His wife previously testified she urged him to secure the firearms, but the gun remained accessible in Colt's bedroom before the attack.
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