Georgia grand jury charges father and son in school shooting

A Georgia grand jury Thursday charged a father and son for a faculty taking pictures that killed two college students and two lecturers.

The grand jury, a bunch of civilians tasked by the courtroom with figuring out whether or not the proof helps a felony cost, discovered possible trigger towards each the daddy, Colin Grey, and the son and shooter, Colt Grey. They indicted the son on 55 counts, together with homicide, and the daddy on 29 counts, together with second-degree homicide, involuntary manslaughter, and cruelty to kids. The listening to the place they are going to formally reply to those felony expenses is scheduled for November 21.

Prices towards the elder Grey are primarily based on him giving his son entry to weapons and ammunition “after receiving ample warning that [his son] would hurt and endanger the bodily security of one other.” The “ample warning” refers back to the son’s historical past of psychological instability coupled with a recognized obsession with weapons and college shooters. Georgia regulation enforcement have said that the daddy purchased his son the semi-automatic rifle that was used within the taking pictures, in addition to “a tactical vest, ammunition and sight for the weapon and larger-capacity magazines for the rifle at his son’s request.”

That is the second case within the US the place a mum or dad has been criminally charged in relation to their little one’s faculty taking pictures. Earlier this yr, a Michigan decide sentenced the dad and mom of a faculty shooter 10 to fifteen years in jail for involuntary manslaughter arising from their felony negligence.