Convicted Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Day three of the sentencing phase of the trial saw Barrow County Superior Court Judge Nicholas Primm handing down the sentence.
“You do not seem to be tormented by what you did,” Judge Primm said. “You seem to relish following in the footsteps of the murderers you idolize. You aren’t wracked with guilt, you’re proud of yourself. Less than a month after the tragedy you weren’t concerned at the horror you wrought, but rather in finding out which mass murderers they were comparing you to.”
Gray pleaded guilty to 55 counts in relation to that September 2024 school shooting that left four people, two students and two teachers, dead. Nine others were wounded. Colt Gray was 14-years-old at the time of the shooting.
Prosecutors argued that Gray committed the crime to become famous in the True Crime Community (TCC).
"The plan was ultimate and lifelong fame inside the TCC,” according to District Attorney Brad Smith.
The defense argued that he never received proper treatment for his mental health issues.
“Colt had issues that his grandmother was… able to identify when he was young, yet his parents didn’t do anything about,” defense attorney Charlton Allen said. “Colt got less stability than he needed."
He can file a discretionary appeal.
Colt’s father, Colin Gray, was found guilty of multiple counts for providing the gun used in the shooting. He is scheduled to be sentenced next week.
