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What Colin Gray’s murder conviction means for gun-owning parents
Colin Gray was found guilty on 27 charges including second-degree murder for providing an unsecured AR-15 used by his son to kill four and injure nine at Apalachee High School.
- On Tuesday, a jury convicted Colin Gray on all 27 charges after less than two hours of deliberation in the case related to the school shooting.
- Colt Gray, 14, used an AR-15-style rifle his father bought as a Christmas gift, which prosecutors say was left unsecured and allowed access for the deadly attack.
- Digital evidence including phone records and Google searches formed a key part of prosecutors' case, with records show about a week before the shooting, court exhibits indicate.
- The verdict, one of only four successful prosecutions of a parent in a school shooting, could prompt more charges nationwide as U.S. prosecutors say Gray faces up to 30 years for second-degree murder.
- Legal analysts view the conviction as part of an escalating trend following the Crumbley cases, with prosecutors saying it may lead to more parental accountability under existing laws.
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Colin Gray conviction raises questions on parent responsibility laws, attorney weighs in
A Georgia jury’s decision to convict the father of an alleged high school shooter of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.
·San Antonio, United States
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It is the first time in the United States that a parent has been convicted of second-degree murder in connection with shootings by a minor at a school.
·Zürich, Switzerland
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