Teen Colt Gray pleads guilty to committing mass shooting at his Georgia high school

A teenage boy accused of finishing up a mass shooting at his Georgia high school pleaded guilty Friday to all 55 counts in opposition to him, together with homicide and aggravated assault.

Colt Gray, 16, agreed to a non-negotiated guilty plea, the choose mentioned, that means there is no such thing as a plea deal; the state will current its argument for an applicable sentence, and the protection will do the identical.

The choose mentioned the minimal sentence is life with parole and the utmost is a life sentence with out parole.

Gray was 14 years previous in September 2024 when he opened hearth at Apalachee High School, killing two college students and two lecturers and injuring a number of others.

Breanna Schermerhorn, whose son, Mason Schermerhorn, was killed, mentioned in a sufferer influence assertion Friday, “Mason was so much more than a victim.”

“Mason was kind, compassionate, funny and fiercely protective of others,” she mentioned. “As a child with exceptional needs, he understood what it felt like to struggle and be overlooked by others. Instead of becoming bitter, he became an advocate.”

“He made people that were typically unseen feel seen, accepted and safe,” she mentioned.

“I had no doubt in my mind if Colt had actually attended school as he should have, that Mason would have befriended him,” Breanna Schermerhorn said.

She said Gray “knew that pulling that trigger was wrong, he knew that every choice he made that day would forever alter countless lives.”

Gray was accused of finishing up the shooting with a rifle his father, Colin Gray, gifted him as a Christmas current, officers mentioned. This March, Colin Gray was convicted of charges including second-degree murder and manslaughter, changing into the primary dad or mum within the U.S. convicted of homicide due to the alleged acts of their little one.

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