Father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect gets bond

Colin Gray appears in the Barrow County courthouse. He looks toward the ground.
Colin Gray, 54, the father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, 14, enters the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance, on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

The father of a teenager accused in the deadly mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia was granted bond Tuesday.

Colin Gray appeared in Barrow County Superior Court, where the judge granted him a $500,000 bond — half the amount sought by prosecutors.

Gray was last in court in September. He didn’t join his lawyers in November when they entered a not-guilty plea and waived his arraignment.

Prosecutors say Gray allegedly bought the gun that his son, 14-year-old Colt Gray, is accused of using in the shooting at Apalachee High School and that he also later bought his son a tactical vest and ammunition.