Fourteen-year-old Colt Grey and his father Colin Grey each face homicide expenses after a deadly capturing at a US highschool.
Colt Grey, the 14-year-old suspect accused of killing 4 folks in a faculty capturing in america this week, appeared in court docket for the primary time for the reason that assault.
A second listening to for the suspect’s father, Colin Grey, 54, was held quickly after Friday’s proceedings.
Grey Sr. faces homicide and manslaughter expenses in reference to the capturing, and prosecutors say he gave his son entry to the gun.
“His expenses are straight associated to his son’s actions and permitting him to own a weapon,” Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Horsey mentioned.
Friday was the primary court docket look for 2 defendants since Wednesday’s deadly capturing at Apalachee Excessive College in Winder, Georgia, that killed two college students and two academics and injured 9 others.
Authorities mentioned the 14-year-old suspect surrendered and not using a battle. He faces 4 felony homicide expenses.
Throughout the listening to, Barrow County Superior Courtroom Choose Currie Mingledorff informed Grey Jr. he may face life in jail and corrected himself after incorrectly saying Grey, 14, may face the loss of life penalty.
As a result of Grey was below 18, he was not eligible for the loss of life penalty, though he was charged as an grownup. As a result of he’s a minor, his face was additionally hidden from the media through the proceedings.
Grey is being held with out bail on the Gainesville Regional Juvenile Detention Middle and has not but entered a plea.
Authorities haven’t supplied a possible motive for the capturing or particulars about how the 14-year-old obtained the “AR platform weapon” used within the assault.
A preliminary listening to within the case is scheduled for December 4.
The 14-year-old’s father, Colin Grey, was introduced earlier than a choose about 40 minutes after the 14-year-old left the room. He faces 4 counts of manslaughter, two counts of second-degree homicide and eight counts of kid abuse.
The Washington Submit reported Thursday that the 14-year-old boy’s aunt mentioned he had been “begging for months” for assist with psychological well being points however was not getting the assistance he wanted. The aunt additionally mentioned {the teenager}’s dwelling life was tough.
Colin Grey, the most recent father or mother to be charged over his youngsters’s actions in class shootings, faces as much as 180 years in jail.
In April, Michigan mother and father Jennifer and James Crumbley have been convicted after their son Ethan opened fireplace at Oxford Excessive College in Michigan. There have been 4 counts of manslaughter.
Prosecutors argued the Crumbleys didn’t adequately defend their firearms and cope with their son’s psychological well being points. They have been each sentenced to 10 years in jail.
The Crumbleys are the primary mother and father to be convicted of faculty shootings of kids in america.
Specialists have lengthy mentioned the widespread use of weapons contributes to the nation’s rampant faculty shootings. Nevertheless, conservative lawmakers have resisted including further restrictions on gun use, typically pushing for additional loosening of present laws.
