The father of the mass shooting suspect accused of killing four people at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, told investigators this week he had purchased the gun used in the killings as a holiday present for his son in December 2023, according to two law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.

Colt Gray, a 14-year-old student, is accused of killing two students and two teachers with an AR-style rifle in the Wednesday shooting. Nine more people were hospitalized.

One source told CNN the AR-15-style rifle was purchased at a local gun store as a Christmas present.

  • @Buddahriffic
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    144 months ago

    2 counts of murder 2

    4 counts of involuntary manslaughter

    8 counts of cruelty to children

    I wonder how they settled on 2 counts of murder. Maybe that implies they think 2 victims were targetted and 2 were in the wrong place at the wrong time?

    • @DocMcStuffin
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      64 months ago

      It’s a quirk in Georgia’s law where cruelty to children and their death gets those charges upgraded to murder 2.