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16-Year-Old Shooter Pleads Guilty, Faces Life Sentence

7/24/2026

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Sixteen-year-old Colt Gray pleaded guilty to the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting that killed four and injured nine.
He faced 55 charges, including murder and aggravated assault, for opening fire as a 14-year-old freshman at Winder, Georgia, school.
County Superior Court Judge Nicholas Primm must decide whether to impose life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.
Survivors and victims’ families gave statements urging the judge not to show Gray leniency.

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Sixteen-year-old Colt Gray pleaded guilty to the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting that killed four and injured nine.
He faced 55 charges, including murder and aggravated assault, for opening fire as a 14-year-old freshman at Winder, Georgia, school.
County Superior Court Judge Nicholas Primm must decide whether to impose life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.
Survivors and victims’ families gave statements urging the judge not to show Gray leniency.