Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray will appear in a Barrow County courtroom later this month for a plea and sentencing hearing, a Friday afternoon filing reveals.
Gray previously pleaded not guilty to 55 felony charges including murder in connection with the shooting that killed two teachers and two students and injured nine others at the school on Sept. 4, 2024. Just three days ago, on Wednesday, Barrow County Superior Court Judge Nicholas Primm granted the defense’s request to move the trial to Columbia County with jury selection to begin in October.
But in a Friday court filing signed by the judge, Gray is set to appear in court for a non-negotiated plea and sentencing hearing on July 24, indicating he may be changing that not guilty plea.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution had reached out to Gray’s attorney for comment.
During a late-May hearing, Gray’s defense attorney, Charlton Allen, told the judge he wanted the trial moved out of Barrow. Columbia County is next door to Richmond County, where Augusta is situated.
Colt Gray’s father, Colin Gray, was convicted in March on second-degree murder and other charges tied to the school shooting. He is the first Georgia parent criminally charged in association with a mass school shooting that their child is accused of committing. He is due to be sentenced in late July.
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