Colin Gray Guilty of Murder: The Excuses, The Lies, The Verdict That Changes Everything
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Colin Gray guilty. Every count. Murder. Less than two hours of deliberation.
Colin Gray guilty on all charges makes him the first parent in Georgia history convicted for a mass school shooting committed by his child. The Colin Gray guilty verdict exposed a father who had every warning imaginable and chose to do nothing.
Colin Gray guilty was inevitable when you see what he ignored. The FBI warned Colin Gray in 2023 after Colt threatened a school shooting online. Seven months later, Colin Gray bought his son an AR-15 for Christmas. No gun safe. Rifle in the kid's bedroom. Shrine to Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz on the wall—Colin Gray claimed he thought it was "the guy from Green Day."
Weeks before the massacre, Colt texted: "Whenever something happens just know the blood is on your hands." Colin Gray told himself it was about custody drama. The morning of September 4th, Colt sent goodbye texts. Colin Gray read them. Stayed at work. Didn't call the school. Four people died nineteen minutes later.
Colin Gray guilty came down to his own family's testimony. His daughter Jenni testified he asked her to "cover for him." His wife Marcee said she begged him to lock up the guns. Colin Gray took the stand, cried, and claimed he never saw it coming.
The jury saw through it. Colin Gray guilty—all counts—in under two hours.
Colin Gray guilty of murder changes the game. Crumbleys got manslaughter. Colin Gray guilty raised it to murder. The message to parents everywhere: accountability is real.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. |
| 0:03.2 | Here now, Tony Brewski. |
| 0:07.2 | Less than two hours. |
| 0:09.3 | That's how long 12 jurors needed to see through Colin Gray. |
| 0:13.5 | Two weeks of testimony, dozens of witnesses, his own family taking the stand against him. |
| 0:19.2 | And when it came time to decide whether this man was guilty of murder, the jury didn't even need lunch. |
| 0:25.3 | Guilty on all 29 counts, second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, cruelty to children. |
| 0:30.8 | Every single charge the state of Georgia threw at him, it stuck. |
| 0:36.7 | Colin Gray is now the first parent in Georgia history convicted |
| 0:39.5 | for a school shooting committed by his child. Only the third in American history period. |
| 0:45.2 | And unlike the crumblies up in Michigan last year who caught manslaughter, Georgia went bigger. |
| 0:52.8 | And it got murder. Different charge. More severe. And here's the thing when you look at what Colin Gray knew. What he ignored? What he told himself to sleep at night? The only surprise is that the jury took two hours instead of 20 minutes. Because Colin Gray had every warning a parent could possibly receive. |
| 1:13.6 | The FBI showed up at his door. |
| 1:16.0 | His son threatened to shoot up a school online. |
| 1:18.9 | The kid sent him text saying the blood is on your hands. |
| 1:22.3 | There was a shrine, a. To another school massacre. |
| 1:30.5 | And a specific murderer on his bedroom wall. |
| 1:35.5 | And Colin Gray's response to all of it, buy him an AR-15 for Christmas. |
| 1:39.2 | Keep it on the boys' room. No safe. No luck. Hope for the best. |
| 1:48.5 | It's like, how do you know to get up in the morning and feed yourself? |
| 1:52.4 | Really? |
| 1:52.8 | I mean, like, you think this is about that step, but it's amazing. |
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