Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray appeared in Barrow County Superior Court on Friday following the Mass shooting of the week.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation initially said Gray was charged with “4 counts of felony murder in connection with the shooting” at Apalachee High School in Barrow County.
“I would like to inform you that the maximum penalty for culpable homicide. So for each count, the maximum penalty is that you can be sentenced by death, by life in prison without parole, or by life in prison with the possibility of parole,” Judge Currie Mingeldorf II told Gray.
The judge quickly walked back that statement, announcing that the maximum penalty for Gray did not include the death penalty.
Mingledorf also said at this time, no bond has been requested for Gray.
Gray did not enter a plea during the appearance.
An attorney representing Gray also told the judge that “there was a development yesterday afternoon that makes it necessary for our office to appoint alternate counsel, and arrangements have already been made in that regard.”
“I already explained that to Mr. Gray. An alternate counsel will be appointed by the end of the day today,” she added.
The suspect’s father, Colin Gray, is scheduled to appear in court at 9:30 a.m.
Colin Gray was arrested Wednesday and charged with two felonies second-degree murderFour counts of involuntary manslaughter and eight counts of cruelty to children, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
While investigators provided few details about the father’s alleged role in the shooting, they acknowledged that the sheriff’s office visited the family’s home in Jefferson, Georgia, in May 2023 to respond to reports that the then-13-year-old had allegedly threatened to shoot himself. . to a local public high school on the social media app Discord. Colin Gray said his son “had some problems” at his previous middle school but had “improved a lot” since he switched schools.
The father also told investigators during that interview that he had hunting rifles in the home, adding, “Colt is allowed to use them when supervised but does not have unfettered access.” In addition, Kishore denied making mass shooting threats on Discord, saying he “never made any comments or heard anyone talk about a school shooting.”
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