Mother testifies she urged Colin Gray to lock up guns before Apalachee High shooting in Georgia

Colin Gray handcuffed in a orange and gray prison uniform.
Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, arrives to the courtroom at the Barrow County courthouse on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Winder,Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Accused school shooter Colt Gray and his family lived a chaotic life, fighting, arguing and moving frequently due to financial issues, his mother testified in the trial of Colt’s father, Colin Gray.

Marcee Gray said she urged the boy’s father to take the guns in the home northeast of Atlanta and lock them inside his truck so they were not accessible to Colt.

“They need to be locked somewhere,” she told a jury in Winder, Georgia. “Initially, he said he would.”