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A Georgia grand jury indicted a teenage boy and his father on dozens of charges, including murder, in connection with a mass shooting last month that killed four people at Apalachee High School, officials said Thursday. His father, Colin Gray, was indicted on 29 counts, including second-degree murder, second-degree cruelty to children, involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct, according to records from the Barrow County District Attorney's Office. Colin Gray at Barrow County courthouse, in Winder, Ga., on Sept. 6, 2024. Colin Gray is being held in the Barrow County jail and his son is being held in a juvenile detention center in Gainesville. Barrow County District Attorney Brad Smith said last month Colin Gray's charges marked the first time in state history a parent of a suspected school shooter was charged.

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☆ Georgia school shooter and his father indicted on new counts in Apalachee High School killings
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Mallika Kallingal | Devon M. Sayers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Colt Gray, 14, was indicted on a total of 55 counts, including four counts of felony and malice murder, plus aggravated assault and cruelty to children. His father, Colin Gray, was indicted on 29 counts, including two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of involuntary manslaughter, and multiple counts of second-degree cruelty to children and reckless conduct. Last month, Colt Gray was arraigned on four counts of felony murder, and Colin Gray was arraigned on four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children. Investigators testified Wednesday that Colin Gray knew of his son’s deteriorating mental state and his fascination with campus shootings ahead of the rampage. And while his mother Marcee Gray called Apalachee pleading for staff to find her son, Colin Gray did not call.

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☆ Father of Georgia school shooter knew of son’s deteriorating state, say investigators, who found notebook with disturbing drawings
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Cindy Von Quednow | Phil Gast | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Colt Gray, 14, meanwhile, will be tried as an adult, authorities have said. A fascination with guns, school shootingsWard testified Colt Gray detailed in notebooks his plans for what he intended to do at Apalachee High School. When Colin Gray asked his son who that was, Colt Gray explained and the topic was “dropped” after that. And while Marcee Gray called Apalachee pleading for staff to find her son, Colin Gray did not call. Colin Gray did not appear remorseful after the deputies showed up, Ward testified.

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☆ Football field that was the site of tearful reunions after Apalachee school shooting becomes symbol of resilience
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Graham Hurley | Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

That football field transformed from a scene of tragedy to a symbol of resilience Friday as the community packed the bleachers to watch the survivors play. Still, a beloved fixture of Apalachee football wasn’t there: Assistant football coach Richard Aspinwall, who was killed in the shooting. It strangely looked like what a high school football game is supposed to look like, until there was a reminder that it wasn’t a normal football game. ‘It’s not going to be the same’For sophomore Michael Gordon, being back on the football field will always bring back memories of the day of the shooting. “We have resilient kids, not just on the football team, but we’ve got resilient kids in our school,” Hancock said.

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☆ Georgia shooting update: Students return to Apalachee High next week
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Alta Spells | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A phased reopening of Apalachee High School, the scene of this year’s deadliest school shooting, is scheduled to begin September 24. The area where the Apalachee High shooting unfolded, J Hall, will be closed for the rest of the school year after two students and two teachers were killed in the September 4 attack. “Everyone is processing or will process a tragedy differently,” said Michelle Kefford, principal at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Among its advice: ensure all physical damage is repaired and let staff members “feel comfortable in their building” before students return. “Thank you for your patience, understanding, and trust,” the Apalachee High administrators ended their letter.

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☆ A timeline of the Apalachee High School shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Within two hours of arriving at Apalachee High School in Winder, prosecutors said he committed the deadliest US school shooting since the March 2023 rampage at the Covenant School in Nashville, and the 45th this year. The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office arrive at the school a short while later with two school resource officers. An officer, sounding slightly out of breath, asks the dispatcher to “roll EMS.” She is heard confirming emergency medical services were en route to the high school. Law enforcement and first responders control traffic after a shooting took place at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on September 4, 2024. With the suspect detained, officers stream into Apalachee High, evacuating students from classrooms as paramedics tended to the wounded.

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Many mental health advocates worry whether the Georgia community will receive the mental health support it is likely to need in the wake of the shooting. Andy Miller for KFF Health NewsSo health providers worry that in the coming days, months, and years the community will struggle to find help for their mental health needs. Georgia ranks nearly last among states in access to mental health care resources, according to Mental Health America, a nonprofit that advocates for increased mental health spending. The lack of mental health care remained a top concern in the region during a follow-up assessment in 2022. But immediately following the shooting, mental health providers across the region still had to cobble together free resources for area residents.

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The man whose teen son is accused of killing four people at a Georgia high school asked a judge on Wednesday for protection from fellow inmates due to the “incalculable number of threats” he faces behind bars. Gray needs to be separated from other inmates being held by the Barrow County Sheriff's Office, his lawyers Jimmy Berry and Brian Hobbs wrote. Last week's shooting has impacted almost everyone in the city of Winder and greater Barrow County, defense lawyers said. “In fact, so many lives in the community of Barrow County have been touched in unfathomable ways, it would be reckless to assume there are NO inmates, either currently or in the near future, being housed in the Barrow County Detention, who wish to harm the Defendant." A representative for the Barrow County Sheriff's Office could not be immediately reached for comment on Thursday.

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☆ Georgia school shooter Colt Gray hid an AR-15 in his backpack and left class the morning of the deadly rampage
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Rebekah Riess | Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“Colt Gray brought the gun into the school on his own. The assault-style rife could not be broken down, but Gray hid it in his backpack,” the bureau said Thursday. Republican wants new gun safety measuresAt least 389 mass shootings have taken place so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines mass shootings as those in which four or more victims are shot. That’s an average of more than 1.5 mass shootings every day. In light of the Apalachee High School killings, Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns called for new gun safety and mental health measures in a letter to fellow Republicans.

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☆ Apalachee High School shooting: How officials decide whether to reopen campus to students
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Nicole Chavez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Dianna Moreno was afraid walking into Apalachee High School to find the laptop and charger she left behind when she rushed to evacuate after two other students and two teachers were killed last week. People hold candles during a vigil following the shooting at Apalachee High School, at Jug Tavern Park in Winder, Georgia, on September 6. Mike Stewart/APKacy Shahid, a former principal at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis, Missouri, said she was the first school administrator to use the guide. In Florida, students returned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School two weeks after the February 2018 massacre. In Texas, students at Santa Fe High School returned 11 days after a May 2018 shooting to finish the school year.

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☆ Most students in a Georgia district return to class nearly a week after a school shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

WINDER, Ga. — Many students in Georgia’s Barrow County headed back to class Tuesday, six days after a shooting killed two teachers and two students at the school district’s Apalachee High School northeast of Atlanta. No return date has been set for the 1,900 students at that high school, but the 13,000 students in Barrow County’s other schools did return, including at the middle school and elementary school that border the Apalachee campus in Winder. When her 8-year-old daughter said over the weekend that she was scared to go back to school, Shonderi Williams broke down in her bathroom. She has two daughters Yargo Elementary School and one daughter at Haymon-Morris Middle School, the schools next door. “We know the days ahead are going to be difficult, and that we have some staff and some students who are not ready to return to school,” LeDuff said.

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(CNN) — Marcee Gray was 200 miles away from Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, when her gut told her something was not right. It was Wednesday morning – before the shooting at the school that killed two students and two teachers. Marcee Gray told ABC News she hadn’t spoken to her son since the shooting. Marcee Gray told CNN in a text Wednesday she is set to speak with Barrow County investigators on Thursday. Warning signs before tragedyMarcee Gray’s call to Apalachee High was not the only warning made that Wednesday morning.

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☆ Georgia Republican arrested on charges of stealing prescription narcotics from seniors' home he runs
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Danny Rampey, a Georgia Republican who won state office in November, was arrested Thursday. Investigators say there are videos of him taking prescription narcotics from the assisted-living complex he runs. Rampey is a manager at the family-owned Magnolia Estates of Winder Assisted Living Center. Investigators served search warrants on Thursday at Magnolia Estates and Rampey's home, Smith said. Insider contacted Rampey, Magnolia Estates, and the Barrow County Sheriff's Office for comments on Sunday morning but did not immediately receive responses.

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