By Desmond Nleya
Dubai- The father of the teen (14) who is suspected to have shot and killed 4 people while injuring nine others on Wednesday at a school in Georgia has been arrested because he deliberately allowed his son to have the weapon.
Colin Gray (54) was charged with four counts on involuntary murder, two counts of second degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, confirmed the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
“These charges stem from Mr. Gray knowingly allowing his son Colt to possess a weapon,” Chris Hosey, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, told a press conference.
Colt Gray, 14, has been charged with four counts of felony murder and would be tried as an adult, officials said. His arraignment is set for Friday morning before a Georgia Superior Court judge in Barrow County by video camera.
Georgia state and Barrow County investigators say the younger Gray used an “AR platform style weapon,” or semiautomatic rifle, to carry out the attack in which two teachers and two 14-year-old students were killed.
It remained unclear exactly how the son came into possession of the weapon.
Investigators have yet to comment on what may have motivated the first U.S. campus mass shooting since the start of the school year.
With Inputs from Reuters
