Father of Apalachee High School mass killer arrested on murder charges
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As we’ve discussed before, the question of when parents should be held liable when their child commits a mass killing is a potentially difficult one. But if it’s true that the father in this case gave or allowed his son to have access to a semiautomatic rifle after he had already threatened to shoot his classmates that doesn’t seem like a marginal case:
The father of the 14-year-old charged Wednesday in the shooting deaths of two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School was arrested on Thursday, the GBI said.
Colin Gray, 54, faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children and will be held at the Barrow County Jail. GBI Director Chris Hosey said during a Thursday evening news conference outside the school that the charges are “directly connected with the actions of his son” in the Wednesday morning shooting at the Barrow County school.
“These charges stem from Mr. Gray knowingly allowing his son, Colt, to possess a weapon,” Hosey said.
Colt Gray is accused of killing the four and shooting and injuring nine others. Arrest warrants state he used an AR-platform-style weapon.
Leaving aside questions of legal liability, what kind of sicko would allow his son access to an assault weapon, let alone in these circumstances? American gun culture is deeply sick.