Overview
- Deliberations are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday after closing arguments concluded Monday and a brief evidentiary delay prevented jurors from starting the same day.
- Colin Gray, 55, faces 29 counts, including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, over allegations he enabled his then‑14‑year‑old son’s Sept. 4, 2024 attack at Apalachee High School.
- Prosecutors say Gray gave his son an AR‑15‑style rifle as a Christmas gift and ignored warning signs, presenting surveillance video, financial records, body‑cam footage and testimony about a shooter “shrine.”
- The defense argues Gray lacked sufficient warning, bought the rifle to bond over hunting and maintained safety rules, telling jurors responsibility lies with the teen who carried out the shooting.
- The judge instructed that any verdict must be unanimous, jurors may consider lesser charges, four victims were killed and nine wounded, and the case is drawing national attention with comparisons to the Crumbley prosecutions in Michigan.