THE suspected teenage gunman accused of killing four people and injuring nine others in a Georgia school shooting has been hit with additional charges.
Colt Gray, 14, is now facing 55 total criminal counts in connection with the mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Barrow County, Georgia, on September 4.
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The teenager, who was already facing four counts of murder, was indicted on 22 counts of aggravated assault and 18 counts of cruelty to children in the first degree.
His father, Colin Gray, 54, was also slapped with 29 additional charges, including 19 counts of cruelty to children in the second degree.
Gray was arrested a day after his son allegedly used an AR-15-style rifle to kill two of his peers and two teachers at his Georgia high school.
Investigators said the father, who was initially charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of second-degree murder, purchased the rifle allegedly used in the shooting for his son as a Christmas gift last year.
‘SHRINE’ TO SCHOOL SHOOTERS
Since the bloodshed of September 4, the Georgia Bureau of Investigators has provided new details about the timeline leading up to the shooting.
Colt, who was interviewed by police in May 2023 for allegedly making school shooting threats on the online gaming platform Discord, kept a shrine to school shooters in his room, according to Fox affiliate WAGA-TV.
Investigators uncovered the disturbing sight when they raided Colt’s home after the shooting at Apalachee High School.
The apparent shrine was found behind Colt’s computer desk in his house and contained about 15 photographs and newspaper clippings of previous shooting shooters, GBI officials testified.
Investigators believe Colt was “fascinated with similar incidents.”
COLT’S ‘CHECKLIST’
During their search of Colt’s home, investigators also uncovered a notebook that belonged to the teen, which contained drawings that eerily matched the events of the Apalachee High School shooting.
The notes included a checklist outlining steps Colt planned to take, according to GBI officials.
The checklist included instructions like wearing gloves, chambering a round in his gun, checking his vest, putting on a hat, and avoiding shooting anything in the bathroom to prevent alerting others, Georgia investigators said.
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