现年16岁的柯尔特·格雷因2024年9月4日在乔治亚州阿帕拉契高中实施枪击，造成4人丧生，于本周二被判处终身监禁且不可获得假释[1]。格雷在实施枪击时仅14岁，后以成人身份被起诉并认罪55项罪名[1]。法官尼古拉斯·普里姆做出裁决，确保格雷永远无法获得假释机会[1]。
枪击事件中丧生的受害者包括两名学生——14岁的梅森·舍默霍恩和14岁的克里斯蒂安·安古洛，以及两名教师——39岁的理查德·"瑞奇"·阿斯平沃尔和53岁的克里斯蒂娜·伊里米[1]。此外，另有1名教师和8名学生在枪击中受伤，其中7人中枪[1]。阿帕拉契高中位于亚特兰大东北方向约45英里处[1]。
检察官布拉德·史密斯在量刑阶段表示："我们未发现任何证据表明他具备良心发展的能力，或能够真正尊重人类生命的能力"[1]。受害者家族几乎全部要求判处不可保释的终身监禁[1]。
Colt Gray, now 16 years old, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia [1]. Gray was only 14 when he carried out the attack on September 4, 2024, killing two students and two teachers [1]. He pleaded guilty to 55 criminal charges, including murder [1].
The victims were identified as students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14 years old, and teachers Richard "Ricky" Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53 [1]. The shooting also left one additional teacher and eight students injured, with seven of those wounded by gunfire [1]. Apalachee High School is located approximately 45 miles northeast of Atlanta [1].
Judge Nicholas Primm determined that Gray would never be eligible for parole [1]. Prosecutor Brad Smith stated: "We've seen no evidence he has any ability to develop a conscience or any ability ever to fully value human life" [1]. Nearly all family members of the victims called for the life sentence without parole to be imposed [1].