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Colin Gray, father of accused Georgia school shooter, found guilty of murder

Colin Gray, 55, faces a maximum of 180 years in prison after a Barrow County jury found him guilty of 29 counts, including two counts of second-degree murder.

Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, listens during his trial on Feb. 27 in Winder, Georgia. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP)

The father of a teenager accused of killing four people at a Georgia high school in 2024 was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday. It’s a landmark victory for prosecutors in their first-in-the-nation effort to bring murder charges against the parent of an alleged school shooter.

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