Teenager gets life without parole for killing four at Georgia’s Apalachee High School

Published July 28, 2026 5:25pm ET | Updated July 28, 2026 5:26pm ET



A judge on Tuesday sentenced a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole, calling his crimes “deliberate, contemplated evil.”

Colt Gray, 16, had pleaded guilty Friday to 55 counts, including murder, in the Sept. 4, 2024, shooting at the school about 45 miles northeast of Atlanta.

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