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A Georgia court heard testimony that shed new light on a possible motive for Colt Gray, the teen who fatally shot four people at Apalachee High School in 2024, including evidence of his obsession with previous mass shootings and desire for infamy.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys spent the second day of the sentencing hearing debating whether Colt, 16, can ever be rehabilitated, while the court weighs whether he should spend the rest of his life in prison, either with or without parole.
The hearing comes about two years after the attack at the high school, the deadliest school shooting in Georgia history. Just 14 at the time, Colt took an AR-15-style rifle to school and fatally shot teachers Richard Aspinwall and Cristina Irimie and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo. Nine others were also injured.
On Friday, he pleaded guilty to 55 charges, including four counts of murder. In court, victims’ families and shooting survivors spoke about their physical and emotional scars.
