Last Updated on 06/09/2024 by Arun jain
The father of a 14-year-old boy suspected of shooting four people and wounding nine more at a Georgia school has been arrested.
State officials said Colin Gray knowingly allowed his son, Colt, to possess the weapon he used. Wednesday’s attack.
Gray, 54, was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said.
“These charges stem from Mr. Gray knowingly allowing his son, Colt, to possess a firearm,” GBI Director Chris Hosey said at a news conference.
Colt Gray has been charged Four counts of murder And officials have said he will be tried as an adult. He is scheduled to appear in court via video camera on Friday morning.
The attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, northeast of Atlanta, killed two 14-year-old students and two teachers, reviving a long-running US debate over gun control.
Investigators say the younger Gray used an “AR platform style weapon” or semiautomatic rifle to carry out the shooting.
It remains unclear how the teenager got hold of the weapon.
Citing unnamed sources, CNN reported that the gun, which it described as an AR 15-style assault rifle, was bought for the teenager by his father as a holiday gift.
“The investigation into the shooting at Apalachi HS is still active [and] On,” the GBI said in a post on social media platform X.
Parental responsibility
Officials identified the two students killed as Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo. The two teachers were Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Christina Irimi, 53. Nine people were injured, seven of whom were students. All are expected to make a full recovery.
Parental responsibility in mass shootings, particularly those committed by minors, has come under increasing scrutiny in recent months.
“How can you have an assault rifle, a weapon in the house, that’s not locked up and your child knows where it is?” President Joe Biden told reporters Thursday.
“If a parent allows their child access to these guns, you have to hold them accountable.”
In April, the the mother And father A Michigan teenager was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison after a jury convicted him of murdering his son. Four classmates were shot dead. It was believed that parents were held legally responsible for their child’s actions in school shootings.
Experts and gun safety advocates said the Michigan case was an important step in holding gun-owning parents more accountable for gun violence committed by their children.
Studies by the US Department of Homeland Security show that about 75 percent of all school shooters obtained their weapons from home.
America has seen Hundreds of shootings within schools and colleges in the last two decades. The massacre has intensified the debate over gun laws and the US Constitution’s Second Amendment to “keep and bear arms.”
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