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REWRITTEN AFTER PUBLISHINGFriday 31 July 2026

cnn.com changed its headline after publishing.

His son was justColin Gray : Father of Georgia school shooter sentenced to life without parole for a school shooting . Today , Colin Gray learns his own fate15 years in prison in landmark murder case

Colin Gray, 55, the father of school shooter Colt Gray, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday for second-degree murder and involuntary…

As published

5 pages captured at the time, in each outlet's own typography. Open one to read the copy held outside the publisher's control.

bbc.co.uk as published: Colin Gray, the father of teen school shooter, sentenced to 15 years in prisonbbc.co.uk2026-07-31 17:46:42cbsnews.com as published: Colin Gray, father who gave rifle to Apalachee High School shooter, sentenced to 15 yearscbsnews.com2026-07-31 17:11:48cnn.com as published: Colin Gray: Father of Georgia school shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison in landmark murder casecnn.com2026-07-31 17:46:42gpb.org as published: Colin Gray, father of convicted Apalachee school shooter, faces sentencing Thursdaygpb.org2026-07-31 17:46:42nytimes.com as published: Colin Gray, Father of Teenage Shooter in Georgia, Sentenced to 15 Years in Prisonnytimes.com2026-07-31 17:46:42

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What this entry found

  • OUTLETS DISAGREE

    Colt Gray's age at the time of the shooting and at sentencing

    bbc.co.uk (states Colt Gray is 16 years old and pleaded guilty last week; shooting…; cnn.com (states Colt Gray was 14 at the time of shooting on September 4, 2024)

  • ONLY ONE OUTLET HAD THIS

    bbc.co.uk carried 8 details no other outlet reported.

    • Colin Gray was convicted in March on charges stemming from the 2024 attack
    • Judge Primm gave Colin Gray 15 years for each second degree murder conviction and 10 years for each involuntary manslaughter conviction, all to be served concurrently
    • Prosecutors in Georgia had asked for the maximum punishment of 80 years in prison
    • The defence asked the judge for a lighter 10-year sentence
    • Colin Gray's prosecution marks the third time a US parent has been held criminally responsible for a mass shooting carried out by their child, according to CBS News
    • Colt Gray, 16 years old, pleaded guilty to the murders last week
    • Judge Primm spoke directly to Gray before announcing his sentence, admonishing him for failing
    • The victims included Christian Angulo, 14, and Mason Schermerhorn, 14 (students), and Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53 (teachers)
5independent outlets
What happened, for context

Colin Gray, 55, the father of school shooter Colt Gray, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday for second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges stemming from the September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia that killed four people. Gray had been convicted in March after prosecutors alleged he gave his son an unsecured assault-style rifle as a gift despite warnings the teen was a danger to others.

4 of 5 articles were readable. Headline only, no body text retrieved, for: nytimes.com. Nothing below is drawn from those outlets beyond their headline.

Who reported it

  • bbc.co.ukPUBLIC
  • cbsnews.comINDEP
  • cnn.comINDEP
  • gpb.orgUNCLASSIFIED
  • nytimes.comINDEP

References

Carried by multiple outlets

  • Colin Gray was sentenced to 15 years in prisonbbc.co.uk, cbsnews.com, cnn.com, nytimes.com
  • Colin Gray is the father of Colt Gray, who shot and killed four people at Apalachee High School in Georgia in 2024bbc.co.uk, cbsnews.com, cnn.com, gpb.org
  • The four people killed were two teachers and two studentsbbc.co.uk, cbsnews.com, cnn.com, gpb.org
  • Colin Gray was convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter chargesbbc.co.uk, cbsnews.com, cnn.com, gpb.org
  • Colin Gray gave his son an assault-style rifle as a giftbbc.co.uk, cbsnews.com, cnn.com, gpb.org
  • Judge Nicholas Primm handed down the sentencebbc.co.uk, cnn.com
  • and 4 more, not shown

Reported by one outlet only

  • Colin Gray was convicted in March on charges stemming from the 2024 attackonly bbc.co.uk
  • Judge Primm gave Colin Gray 15 years for each second degree murder conviction and 10 years for each involuntary manslaughter conviction, all to be served concurrentlyonly bbc.co.uk
  • Prosecutors in Georgia had asked for the maximum punishment of 80 years in prisononly bbc.co.uk
  • The defence asked the judge for a lighter 10-year sentenceonly bbc.co.uk
  • Colin Gray's prosecution marks the third time a US parent has been held criminally responsible for a mass shooting carried out by their child, according to CBS Newsonly bbc.co.uk
  • Colt Gray, 16 years old, pleaded guilty to the murders last weekonly bbc.co.uk

Reported unevenly

  • Colt Gray's age at the time of the shooting and at sentencingstated by bbc.co.uk (states Colt Gray is 16 years old and pleaded guilty last week; shooting occurred in 2024), cnn.com (states Colt Gray was 14 at the time of shooting on September 4, 2024) · absent from cbsnews.com, gpb.org, nytimes.com

Not yet confirmed against a primary source

  • Colt Gray's age at time of shooting versus current age—CBC states '16-year-old' in present tense, CNN states 'then 14' at time of September 4, 2024 shooting. Birth date would resolve this but is not provided in any outlet.