Colin Gray Guilty of Murder — Jury Needed Less Than Two Hours
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 8 March 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Breaking verdict in the Colin Gray trial. Guilty on all 29 counts. Second-degree murder. The jury deliberated less than two hours before convicting the first parent in Georgia history for a school shooting committed by his child.
Colin Gray gave his fourteen-year-old son an AR-15 for Christmas—seven months after the FBI warned him about online threats Colt made to shoot up a school. No safe. No lock. The rifle stayed in Colt Gray's bedroom next to a shrine of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz. Colin Gray claimed under oath he thought the images were "the guy from Green Day."
The prosecution built its case on Colin Gray's own family. His daughter testified he asked her to lie to investigators. His estranged wife said she begged him repeatedly to lock up the guns. Weeks before the Apalachee High School shooting that killed two teachers and two students, Colt texted his father: "Whenever something happens just know the blood is on your hands."
The morning of the shooting, Colt sent goodbye messages. Colin Gray read them. He didn't call the school. Didn't race to stop anything. Stopped at QuikTrip for a drink on his way home while four people lay dead.
Colin Gray took the stand as his only defense witness. He cried. Said he never saw the evil coming. The jury rejected every word—guilty on all counts in under two hours.
Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta joins us to break down the failed defense strategy, the testimony that sealed this conviction, and what the Colin Gray verdict means for parental accountability nationwide. The Crumbleys were convicted of manslaughter in Michigan. Georgia just raised the stakes to murder.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the big breakdown. |
| 0:02.2 | A long look back at some of the biggest stories we're covering for you at the Hidden |
| 0:05.9 | Killers podcast and True Crime Today. |
| 0:10.9 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Brewski and Robin Drink. |
| 0:17.2 | Let's go over to another case that just wrapped up. |
| 0:21.6 | Closing arguments have finished and now a verdict is in literally right as we're jumping on the air here today. |
| 0:29.2 | Colin Gray has been found guilty. |
| 0:32.1 | After two weeks of testimony, one defense witness, the defendant himself, and now a jury has decided that the father |
| 0:39.7 | does bear criminal responsibility for his son's rampage at Appalachy High. Bob Mata is with us to discuss. |
| 0:48.7 | Bob, I know you've been covering this over on your channel at Defense Diaries. This is a big deal. And I have, I have not even seen a |
| 0:57.7 | headline on it yet. Robin just mentioned that he was found guilty to me right as we went on the air. |
| 1:02.5 | Bob, how has this played out and what does this mean for the future? I, uh, this case, Tony, |
| 1:10.7 | would have been the one time, because I'm not built to be a prosecutor. |
| 1:14.8 | It's just not in my DNA. |
| 1:16.4 | This would have been the one case along with the Crumblies where I would have donned |
| 1:20.5 | the white hat and sought to convict this guy because to me, it changes the game. I mean, obviously there's an aspect of |
| 1:31.1 | the Second Amendment and the right to bear arms and the right to own guns. But to me, it's much |
| 1:36.6 | bigger than that. To me, this case was always about neglect. It was always about enabling that child |
| 1:44.0 | who he knew or should have known was going |
| 1:48.0 | through some serious mental issues. And ultimately, he ignored it. And ultimately, that resulted |
| 1:55.7 | in two children and two teachers dying that day, that awful day at Appalachie High School. |
| 2:02.5 | And, you know, if you watch that trial and it starts to become obvious what he knew |
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