FILE - Colin Gray, 54, the father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, 14, sits in the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance, Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga.Photo by Brynn Anderson/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Prosecutors say father of Georgia shooting suspect knew son was obsessed with school shooters

Had a shrine above devoted to the gunman in the 2018 massacre in Parkland, Florida, prosecutors say

· National Post

The father of a teenager accused of a deadly high school shooting in Georgia was aware that his son was obsessed with school shooters and had a shrine above his home computer devoted to the gunman in the 2018 massacre in Parkland, Florida, prosecutors said at a Wednesday court hearing.

Colin Gray had also given his son, Colt, the assault-style weapon used in the shooting that killed four people at Apalachee High School as a Christmas gift and was aware that his son’s mental health had deteriorated in the weeks before the shooting, investigators testified.

Father of accused Georgia school shooter could face 180 years in prisonThe father of a suspected shooter accused of killing four at his Georgia high school could face up to 180 years in prison if he is convicted on all counts.06 Sep 2024New details emerge about the 14-year-old alleged Georgia school shooterSuspected Georgia school shooter, Colt Gray, denied making a threat intending to “shoot up a middle school” when officers from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office interviewed him on the front steps of the family home in 2023.Stewart Lewis, National Post Staff, 10 Sep 2024