55岁的Colin Gray因其子在2024年实施的校园枪击事件而被判处15年监禁[1]。Gray因二级谋杀和非故意杀人罪名成立，法官认定他作为父亲未能采取预防措施阻止这一悲剧的发生[1]。主审法官Nicholas Primm在宣判时表示："你作为父亲失职了。警示信号越来越亮……而你未能做最简单的事情来阻止这一切"[1]。
格鲁吉亚州阿帕拉奇高中的枪击事件造成4人丧生，包括两名14岁的学生Christian Angulo和Mason Schermerhorn、39岁的教师Richard Aspinwall以及53岁的员工Cristina Irimie[1]。16岁的枪手Colt Gray是Colin的儿子，他已认罪，使用的步枪系父亲所赠[1]。检控方曾要求对Gray处以最高80年监禁，而辩护方则主张10年刑期[1]。枪手在实施枪击前7个月曾因网络威胁遭到警方讯问[1]。这是美国第三起家长因子女实施大规模枪击而被追究刑事责任的案件[1]。
Colin Gray, the father of the gunman who carried out a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison [1]. The 55-year-old was convicted of murder and manslaughter charges after a judge determined he failed to prevent his son's attack [1]. Gray will serve concurrent sentences of 15 years for each second-degree murder conviction and 10 years for each involuntary manslaughter conviction [1].
The shooting at the Georgia school claimed four lives: students Christian Angulo and Mason Schermerhorn, both 14 years old, and teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53 [1]. The shooter, 16-year-old Colt Gray, pleaded guilty to the attack and used a rifle that his father had given him [1]. Judge Nicholas Primm criticized Gray's parental negligence during sentencing, stating: "You failed as a father. Warning signs were becoming brighter and brighter...yet you failed to do the simplest things to prevent all of this" [1].
Prosecutors had sought a maximum sentence of 80 years, while the defense argued for 10 years [1]. Gray had come under police scrutiny seven months before the shooting following online threats made by his son [1]. This case marks the third instance in the United States in which a parent has faced criminal charges for a mass shooting carried out by their child [1].