Georgia teen sentenced to life in prison for Apalachee High School shooting

Sixteen-year-old Colt Gray was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for the 2024 shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School which killed four people.

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Georgia Teen Is Sentenced to Life for Deadly School Shooting

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The boy pleaded guilty to 55 charges stemming from the 2024 attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., that killed two students and two teachers.

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CBS Published 28 July 2026

Georgia teen sentenced to life in prison for Apalachee High School shooting

Guardian Published 28 July 2026

Georgia teen who killed four in school shooting sentenced to life in prison without parole

Cole Gray pleaded guilty to 55 counts, including murder, for shooting at Apalachee high school in 2024 Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A US judge on Tuesday sentenced a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee high school in Georgia to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole. Colt Gray, 16, had pleaded guilty on Friday to 55 counts, including murde…

NYT Published 28 July 2026

Georgia Teen Is Sentenced to Life for Deadly School Shooting

The boy pleaded guilty to 55 charges stemming from the 2024 attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., that killed two students and two teachers.

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