Colin Gray, father of Georgia school shooting suspect, arrested on multiple counts

Published: Sep 05, 2024 Duration: 00:03:01 Category: News & Politics
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SHOOTING. IT. >> APPALACHIAN HIGH SCHOOL WGN SHANNON HALLIGAN HAS MORE CHAN YET 14 YEAR-OLD COLD GRAY HAS BEEN CHARGED AS AN ADULT WITH MURDER IN THE SHOOTINGS YESTERDAY. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF INVESTIGATED GREAT FOLLOWING A THREAT POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA LAST YEAR AND INVESTIGATOR INTERVIEWED THE TEEN. THEN AND HIS FATHER, COLIN GRAY SAID THE BOY STRUGGLED WITH THE PARENTS SEPARATION ACCORDING TO TRANSCRIPTS, THE TEEN'S FATHER SAID HIS SON KNEW THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE WEAPONS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO NOW. THE 54 YEAR-OLD FATHER HAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED IN THE SHOOTING THAT LEFT 4 PEOPLE DEAD >> SARAH JINDRA: CLASSES AT APPALACHIAN HIGH SCHOOL WERE CANCELED THURSDAY THE DAY AFTER 2 STUDENTS AND 2 TEACHERS WERE KILLED. >> LOOK OUTSIDE AND IT IS I STARTED CRYING BECAUSE I KNEW AND I'VE HEARD THAT SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE IT, WOULD USE THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MASON SHURMUR HORN AND CHRISTIAN AND GOOGLE BOTH 14 YEARS OLD. >> TEACHERS, CHRISTINA, EVERY ME AND RICHARD ASPINWALL WERE KILLED BY THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER. ASPINWALL WAS ALSO A FOOTBALL COACH AT THE SCHOOL. >> WAS AN AMAZING GUY. PUSHED US TO BE GREAT AT WHAT WE DID. AND FOR OUR TEAM. >> SARAH JINDRA: AT LEAST 9 OTHER PEOPLE WERE ALSO WOUNDED IN THE SHOOTING WEDNESDAY. RESIDENTS IN THE GEORGIA COMMUNITY WENT BY THE SCHOOL TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO THE VICTIMS. >> EXPRESSING ANGER AND FOR >> TRY TO HERE IN STATE OF GEORGIA. IT FOR HIM CURRENT TO GET OVER IT IS JASON NEVER LOST THEIR LIVES TEACHERS. SO THAT MUCH JUST >> GAYNOR HALL: THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION DID CONFIRM THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER, 14 YEAR-OLD COLD, GREAT HAD BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR A THREAT POSTED ONLINE LAST YEAR. NOW THE TEEN'S FATHER, 54 YEAR-OLD COLIN GRAY HAS BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCHOOL SHOOTING. >> MR. GRAY. THESE CHARGES SCAM FROM MR. GRAY KNOWINGLY ALLOWING HIS COPE TO POSSESS A WEAPON. >> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WAS SPEAKING IN WISCONSIN AGAIN CALLED FOR GUN SAFETY MEASURES FOLLOWING THE DEADLY HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING. JUST GETTING BACK TO SCHOOL. >> AND A JOYOUS AND EXCITING TIME. ABSOLUTELY SHATTERED. >> SHATTERED THE PRESIDENT INSISTED THAT THE NATION CANNOT CONTINUE TO ACCEPT THE CARNAGE OF GUN VIOLENCE. REPUBLICAN FRIENDS IN CONGRESS TO JUSTIFY HAVE TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. TOGETHER. LET'S BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS. >> SHANNON HALLIGAN: THE TEEN SUSPECT IS BEING HELD AT A

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