DEADLIEST GEORGIA SCHOOL SHOOTER TO BE SENTENCED

Colt Gray, the Georgia teen who fatally shot four people at his high school in 2024, is back in court Tuesday and will have a final chance to speak publicly before he is sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors and defense attorneys spent the second day of the sentencing hearing Monday debating whether Colt, 16, can ever be rehabilitated, as the court weighs whether to allow the option of parole with his expected life sentence. The hearing comes nearly two years after the attack at Apalachee High School, the deadliest school shooting in Georgia history. Colt, who was just 14 at the time, took an AR-15-style rifle to school and fatally shot teachers Richard Aspinwall and Cristina Irimie and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo; nine others were also injured. Colt’s father, Colin Gray, was found guilty of murder and manslaughter charges in March for purchasing the firearm for his son and keeping it unsecured despite warnings that Colt was a danger to others. Colin Gray faces decades in prison, and his sentencing begins Thursday. Correspondent Michael Yoshida has all the latest in a 3:30pET PKG with FREE custom tags.