WINDER, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — After less than two hours of deliberations, a Georgia jury convicted Colin Gray on all charges in a trial connected to the Sept. 4, 2024, mass shooting at Apalachee High School.

Colin Gray was charged with two counts of murder in the second degree; two counts of involuntary manslaughter; five counts of reckless conduct; and 18 counts of cruelty to children in the second degree.

Colin Gray’s son, Colt Gray, is accused of killing four people and injuring nine others in the shooting. Both pleaded not guilty, and a trial date has not been set for Colt Gray.

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Colin Gray had no reaction when the verdicts were read. The parents of Mason Schermerhorn, one of those killed in the shooting, were sobbing as the verdicts were announced, while the father of another fatality, Christian Angulo, was also emotional.

Teachers Richard Aspinwall and Cristina Irimie were also killed during the shooting.

Brad Smith, district attorney for the Piedmont Judicial Circuit, said sentencing will be held at a later date. He also said, “the state stands ready to try the case” of Colt Gray.

Here are the charges and verdicts:

• Murder in the second degree - Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree - Guilty
• Murder in the second degree - Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree - Guilty
• Involuntary manslaughter - Guilty
• Reckless conduct- Guilty
• Involuntary manslaughter- Guilty
• Reckless conduct- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Cruelty to children in the second degree- Guilty
• Reckless conduct- Guilty
• Reckless conduct- Guilty
• Reckless conduct- Guilty

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Colin Gray is facing a maximum of 180 years in prison.

He was accused of allowing Colt Gray access to the AR-style rifle recovered after the shooting, as well as a variety of ammunition and accessories recovered at the crime scene and at Colin Gray’s residence.

Jurors heard two weeks of emotional testimony and graphic photos, videos and details of the shooting, with Colin Gray himself taking the stand on the final day of witness testimony.

Prosecutors said Colin Gray knowingly allowed Colt Gray access to firearms despite his knowledge of his son’s unstable mental and emotional condition. They rested their case after showing surveillance video of Colt Gray allegedly carrying out the school shooting.

Colin Gray and at least one juror were visibly weeping as the footage was shown.

Colin Gray was the only witness called by his defense attorneys.

Gray’s trial was the nation’s second judicial case against the parents of an alleged school shooter.

Jennifer and James Crumbley were the first parents ever convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting case. Their son, Ethan Crumbley, 15, killed four students and wounded seven others at Oxford High School in November 2021.

Both were convicted of four counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each victim killed, and each was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison in April 2024.

Colin Gray’s trial: Full coverage

Atlanta News First streamed the trial gavel-to-gavel.

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