{"id":90527,"date":"2026-07-24T15:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/apalachee-high-school-shooting-suspect-colt-gray-pleads-guilty-to-all-charges-at-hearing\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:06:11","slug":"apalachee-high-school-shooting-suspect-colt-gray-pleads-guilty-to-all-charges-at-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/apalachee-high-school-shooting-suspect-colt-gray-pleads-guilty-to-all-charges-at-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray pleads guilty to all charges at hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Colt Gray, the teen accused of killing four students and injuring nine others in the 2024 shooting at Georgia&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/apalachee-high-school\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Apalachee High School<\/a>, pleaded guilty to all 55 charges in court on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Gray entered a &#8220;non-negotiated&#8221; plea, which means that he admitted guilt to all of his charges without a pre-arranged deal between his attorneys and the prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Gray, who was charged as an adult, is facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/atlanta\/news\/apalachee-high-school-shooting-colt-gray-returning-to-court-for-hearing-after-fathers-conviction\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">a total of 55 counts<\/a>, including malice murder, aggravated battery, and aggravated assault. The judge will have the ultimate say in the sentence. The minimum is life with parole; the maximum is life without parole.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/10\/0b857a05-0f78-4781-83ad-8b7003037fd6\/thumbnail\/620x413\/3335bc1a5f934f924876b8973c7d6515\/ap25343787488665.jpg#\" alt=\"Apalachee High School Shooting \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/10\/0b857a05-0f78-4781-83ad-8b7003037fd6\/thumbnail\/620x413\/3335bc1a5f934f924876b8973c7d6515\/ap25343787488665.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/10\/0b857a05-0f78-4781-83ad-8b7003037fd6\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/6b3c1692b43fbb3383fcc8eeb5e06664\/ap25343787488665.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">School shooting suspect Colt Gray exits the Barrow County Courthouse, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, in Winder, Ga.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Mike Stewart \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The hearing comes months after Gray&#8217;s attorneys indicated that they were attempting to negotiate a plea deal for the teen. This week is the deadline set by Judge Nicholas Primm for a possible plea. The plea hearing could continue into the following week if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Primm ordered Gray&#8217;s trial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/atlanta\/news\/apalachee-high-school-shooting-judge-grants-change-of-venue-for-colt-gray-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">be moved to Columbia County<\/a>, arguing that the &#8220;widespread local, statewide and national coverage of the case&#8221; would make it difficult to find unbiased jurors in Barrow County, where the shooting took place.<\/p>\n<p>Four people, 14-year-old students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo and teachers Richard Aspinwall and Cristina Irimie,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/georgia-school-shooting-victims-what-we-know\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">were killed in the shooting<\/a><\/span>. Another teacher and eight students were wounded.<\/p>\n<h2>Family, friends of victims give emotional testimony<\/h2>\n<p>One by one, family members and survivors described the grief, trauma and lives forever changed by the 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mason Schermerhorn&#8217;s family remembered him as a caring teenager who &#8220;was so much more than a victim,&#8221; while recounting the frantic search for him and the moment they learned he had been killed. His sisters told the court they continue to struggle with anxiety, panic attacks and the emotional weight of returning to schools and public places.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ricky Aspinwall&#8217;s widow said the life they planned together &#8220;no longer exists,&#8221; and Christian Angulo&#8217;s brother asked the judge to ensure the shooter is never released.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A student who survived after being shot described the chaos inside the school, months of hospitalization and rehabilitation, and the lasting pain carried by the Apalachee community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope my story makes Colt realize all the horrible things he has done and all the pain and suffering he has caused,&#8221; the student said.<\/p>\n<h2>A father and son facing charges<\/h2>\n<p>Colt Gray&#8217;s father, Colin Gray, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/atlanta\/news\/colin-gray-murder-trial-verdict-jury-apalachee-high-school-shooting-update\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">convicted on 27 counts<\/a>, including second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and cruelty to children in March. He was the first parent charged in connection with a mass school shooting in Georgia and the third time a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/how-parents-are-being-held-responsible-after-school-shootings-60-minutes-transcript\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">parent was charged for their connection to a mass shooting<\/a> allegedly carried out by their child.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors claimed that Colin Gray gave his son the gun used in the shooting at his high school as a Christmas gift, and allowed him access to it and ammunition despite warning signs that the teen&#8217;s mental state was deteriorating. The prosecution pointed to evidence of what they called an obsession with school shooters, including a &#8220;shrine&#8221; Colt Gray built to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/nikolas-cruz\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Nikolas Cruz<\/a>, convicted of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/17\/b0ac22fe-458b-49e2-b7ee-5c70786d3e28\/thumbnail\/620x413\/7c4f12161dd913498f1e1987a40f3ebf\/ap26062736606821.jpg#\" alt=\"Georgia High School Shooting \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/17\/b0ac22fe-458b-49e2-b7ee-5c70786d3e28\/thumbnail\/620x413\/7c4f12161dd913498f1e1987a40f3ebf\/ap26062736606821.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/17\/b0ac22fe-458b-49e2-b7ee-5c70786d3e28\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/650d08ab8ea55225ac1bc2b822f74668\/ap26062736606821.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, is handcuffed and escorted out of the room after jury deliberations at his trial at Barrow County Courthouse on March 3, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Abbey Cutrer \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Colin Gray had admitted to giving his son the rifle, but said he had hoped to bond with Colt while hunting and at the gun range. His sentencing hearing is scheduled to take place on July 30.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 4 2024, investigators say then-14-year-old Gray carried a semiautomatic assault-style rifle onto the school bus, with the barrel sticking out of his book bag, wrapped up in a poster board. He left his second-period class and then emerged from a bathroom with the rifle before shooting people in a classroom and hallways.<\/p>\n<p>Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have previously testified in court to finding notebooks in which Colt Gray wrote about his plans to commit the shooting, including a note to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/georgia-apalachee-school-shooter-court-hearing-father-colin-gray\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;shoot the teacher first.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/23\/142048a9-d165-46d1-9e9a-737998592d59\/thumbnail\/620x414\/2c2fe7f60da50f20619ec11587760f91\/gettyimages-2169716523.jpg#\" alt=\"Shooting At Apalachee High School In Winder, Georgia Leaves 4 Dead \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/23\/142048a9-d165-46d1-9e9a-737998592d59\/thumbnail\/620x414\/2c2fe7f60da50f20619ec11587760f91\/gettyimages-2169716523.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/23\/142048a9-d165-46d1-9e9a-737998592d59\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/eb571540c748267ccfd5e8870afbb10d\/gettyimages-2169716523.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A memorial of flowers and balloons grows in front of Apalachee High School on Sept. 5, 2024 in Winder, Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jessica McGowan \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Colt Gray surrendered to school resource officers at the scene. He has remained in custody ever since.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jared Eggleston, Chris St. Peter and Cara Tabachnick contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     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