14-year-old shooter in Georgia high school in which four people were killed on Wednesday, he was brought before the court for a short hearing, BNR reported.
The teenager accused of killing two students and two teachers at a high school in Winder, Georgia, appeared in court for the first time this morning.
The judge told 14-year-old Colt Gray that he faces four counts of murder and will be tried as an adult. He informed the teenager that on the counts he was charged with he could be sentenced to death, life in prison without parole or life in prison with the possibility of parole. However, the judge specified that in Colt's case, the potential penalty would not include the death penalty.
The authorities earlier arrested the perpetrator's father on suspicion of complicity in the shooting, for allowing his son to possess a deadly weapon. NBC television cited sources in the investigation as saying that 54-year-old Colin Gray gave his son a semi-automatic rifle "knowing that he was a threat to himself and others". He also faces four counts of manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of child cruelty.
Although investigators provided few details about the father's alleged role in the shooting, they acknowledged that the sheriff visited the family's home last May after reports that then-13-year-old Colt Gray had made threats to shoot up his former school. via the Discord social network.
In front of the investigators, the perpetrator's father also stated that there are hunting rifles in their home, and that his son has the right to use them when he is under supervision, but does not have unrestricted access to them.