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Father of Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison

Father of Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison
NBC News Thursday 30 July 2026, 17:52 UTC 2 min read
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Father of Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison 03:00 UP NEXT Search continues for at least one additional suspect in Seattle food festival shooting 02:42 Judge sentences Apalachee High School shooter to life in prison without parole 04:02 School shooter’s confession played in court 02:19 Teen pleads guilty to deadly 2024 Georgia high school shooting 04:58 Deadly shooting in Houston involving immigration officer 01:24 Two dead in Michigan Mall shooting 01:20 At least...

Father of Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison 03:00 UP NEXT Search continues for at least one additional suspect in Seattle food festival shooting 02:42 Judge sentences Apalachee High School shooter to life in prison without parole 04:02 School shooter’s confession played in court 02:19 Teen pleads guilty to deadly 2024 Georgia high school shooting 04:58 Deadly shooting in Houston involving immigration officer 01:24 Two dead in Michigan Mall shooting 01:20 At least two people dead after Michigan mall shooting 02:11 ICE agent fires shots after being hit by van in New Jersey, police say 02:42 At least 1 dead, multiple injured in Texas shooting 03:36 Three adults dead in shooting at San Diego Islamic Center, police chief says 03:54 Threat at San Diego mosque has been neutralized, local police say 09:41 Suspect opens fire at cars on Cambridge roadway 01:30 At least 12 hospitalized as gunfire erupts at Oklahoma campground party 00:30 Video shows the suspect of the WHCD shooting detained by law enforcement 00:23 New details about Louisiana gunman’s mental health 01:19 8 children killed in Louisiana mass shooting 01:41 Cadets take down gunman in college classroom 02:00 Synagogue member calls apparent shooting ‘senseless’ 01:31 Old Dominion University shooting: Two people critically injured and gunman is dead 02:35 NBC News NOW Father of Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison 03:00 Copied The man who gifted his 14-year-old son an assault rifle that he then used to unleash a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia was sentenced to 15 years in prison. A jury convicted Colin Gray on multiple charges, including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. His son was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. NBC News' George Solis reports.July 30, 2026
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