School shooter gets life in prison without parole for killing four at Apalachee High in Georgia

School shooter gets life in prison without parole for killing four at Apalachee High in Georgia A prosecutor said that the teen carefully plotted the killing specifically to become famous - Bookmark A judge has sentenced a 16-year-old school shooter who killed two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole. Colt Gray, 16, had pleaded guilty Friday to 55 counts, including murder, in the Sept. 4, 2024, shooting that also left several others wounded at the school about 45 miles (73 kilometers) northeast of Atlanta. Barrow County Superior Court Judge Nicholas Primm handed down the sentence after hearing from family members of those killed and victims, as well as the lead investigator, a forensic psychologist who had evaluated Gray, a youth detention center counselor and Gray’s grandmother. Gray, who was 14 at the time, was charged as an adult. Teachers Richard “Ricky” Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, died in the shooting. Another teacher and eight more students were wounded, seven of them hit by gunfire. Gray’s father, Colin Gray was convicted in March on charges including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. He is scheduled to be sentenced later this week. Prosecutors said he gave his son the assault-style rifle used to open fire at the school.