BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — The father of the suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting appeared in court on Tuesday to ask a judge to grant him bond.
Colin Gray and his attorneys filed the motion for bond on Feb. 3.
Channel 2′s Candace McCowan was in the courtroom as the judge granted him a $500,000 bond.
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During the hearing, Colin Gray took the stand to answer questions from defense attorneys and prosecutors.
Family members of several of the victims also took the stand to read a victim impact statement to the courtroom, asking for Colin Gray not to receive a bond.
Richard Aspinwall, the father of math teacher Ricky Aspinwall, and Brianna Schermerhorn, the mother of 14-year-old Mason Schermerhorn, spoke to the court about the devastating losses they’ve felt since losing their loved ones.
“I can tell you its been devastating for my family. I have two little girls who are growing up without a daddy,” Aspinwall said.
“At the end of the day, I want him buried under the prison and not allowed to have impact on any other children,” Schermerhorn said.
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Colin Gray is the father of Colt Gray, the 14-year-old accused of killing four people and injuring nine others inside Apalachee High School on Sept. 4, 2024.
Colt Gray faces 55 charges, including malice and felony murder, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and cruelty to children. Officials charged Colin Gray with 29 crimes, including second-degree murder, second-degree cruelty to children, and involuntary manslaughter.
Both have pleaded not guilty.
In the indictment against Colin Gray, a grand jury said he gave his son “access to a firearm and ammunition after receiving sufficient warning that Colt Gray would endanger the bodily safety of another.”
His attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the indictment, claiming it “fails adequately to charge this defendant with any offense against the laws of the State of Georgia.” A judge has not made a ruling on that motion, according to court documents.
There are no upcoming hearings scheduled for Colt Gray, according to his court file.
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