Georgia school shooting suspect's dad fights 'epicenter' murder trial: attorney

A Barrow County, Georgia, justice ruled Thursday that Colin Gray, who has been charged with 29 crimes related to his lad Colt's alleged wide shooting astatine Apalachee High School past year, volition look a assemblage from a antithetic county. 

During the day hearing, attorneys for the authorities and for Gray agreed the proceedings should beryllium moved, but for antithetic reasons, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.

The defence said the proceedings needed to beryllium moved to support the integrity of the trial.

The Barrow County Courthouse Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, successful Winder, Ga.  (Ben Hendren for Fox News Digital)

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"What we request to bash is to find a spot wherever we tin get an impartial and just jury," Gray's attorney, Jimmy Berry, said. "I don't deliberation anyplace successful this epicenter are we going to beryllium capable to find that."

The authorities said it does not privation to further impact the well-being of the Barrow County community. 

"The crushed the authorities is agreeing to alteration of venue from Barrow County is due to the fact that each of Barrow County was a unfortunate successful this case," District Attorney Brad Smith said.

Ultimately, Chief Barrow County Superior Court Judge Nicholas Primm agreed a venue alteration was warranted. He noted that the proceedings volition either hap extracurricular the region wholly oregon wrong the region with jurors who bash not unrecorded there. 

Colin Gray, 54, the begetter of alleged Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, 14, enters the Barrow County courthouse for his archetypal quality Sept. 6, 2024, successful Winder, Ga.  (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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"I'll person to fig retired if we're going to export the proceedings oregon import jurors," helium said.

Gray's charges see second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct.

Colt Gray, past 14, allegedly opened occurrence wrong Apalachee High School Sept. 4, sidesplitting 4 and wounding nine. Of the 4 victims who were killed, 2 were teachers and 2 were students. 

Gray is accused of utilizing a semi-automatic firearm fixed to him by his father. 

Colt Gray was arrested connected 4 counts of alleged malice murder, 4 counts of felony murder, positive aggravated battle and cruelty to children successful Barrow County, Ga., Sept. 5, 2024. (Barrow County Sheriff's Office)

The younger Gray was charged with 55 transgression offenses, including 4 counts of felony execution successful the shooting.

The accused slayer was connected instrumentality enforcement's radar arsenic aboriginal arsenic 2023.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office had visited the Gray household aggregate times and had flagged Gray arsenic a idiosyncratic of involvement starring up to the shooting aft a May 2023 study of an online menace to sprout up a mediate schoolhouse that helium attended. 

Police investigated that menace and spoke with some Colin and Colt astatine their location May 21, 2023. 

Colin Gray told authorities weapons were accessible successful his location but were not loaded. (Jackson County Sheriff's Office)

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He was besides connected the FBI's radar successful 2023 erstwhile the bureau received anonymous tips regarding the online threat. 

The begetter and lad were indicted Oct. 17. Both person pleaded not guilty. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to Berry and Smith.

Fox News' Stepheny Price contributed to this report.