Barrow County judge, Georgia, ruled on Thursday that Colin Gray, who has been accused of 29 crimes related to his son’s massive massive shooting at the Apalachee High School high school last year, will face a jury of a different county.
Duration The Audience of the afternoon, lawyers of the State and Gray agreed that the trial should be transferred, but for different reasons, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.
The defense said the trial should move to protect the integrity of the trial.
The Barrow County Palace on Friday, September 6, 2024 in Winder, GA. (Ben Hendren for Fox News Digital)
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“What we must do is find a place where we can get an impartial and fair jury,” said Gray’s lawyer Jimmy Berry. “I don’t think anywhere in this epicenter is we going to find that.”
The State said it does not want to further affect the well -being of the Barrow County community.
“The reason why the State accepts the change of headquarters of the Barrow County is that all Barrow County was a victim in this case,” said District prosecutor Brad Smith.
Finally, the Judge of the Superior Court of the Barow Head County, Nicholas Primm, agreed that a change of place was justified. He pointed out that the trial will occur outside the county completely or inside the county with jurors who do not live there.
Colin Gray, 54, the father of the alleged shooter of the High School of Apalachee, Colt Gray, 14, enters the Barrow County Palace for his first appearance on September 6, 2024 in Winder, GA. (AP Photo/Bynn Anderson)
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“I will have to find out if we are going to export the trial or import jurors,” he said.
Gray’s positions include second degree murder, involuntary homicide and reckless behavior.
Colt Gray, then 14 years old, supposedly opened fire inside the Apalachee high school on September 4, killing four and hurting nine. Or the four victims who were killed, two were teachers and two students.
Gray is a battery to use a semi -automatic rifle that his father gave him.
Colt Gray was arrested for four positions of alleged murder for Malicia, four murder positions for serious crime, more aggravated assault and cruelty to children in Barrow County, Georgia, on September 5, 2024. (Barrow County Sheriff Office)
The youngest Gray was accused of 55 criminal crimes, including four positions of murder for serious crime in the shooting.
The accused murderer was on the police radar already in 2023.
Jackson County Sheriff’s office had visited Gray’s home several times and had marked Gray as a person of interest before shooting after a 2023 report from an online threat to shoot at a secondary school he attended.
Police investigated that threat and spoke with Colin and Colt at home on May 21, 2023.
Colin Gray told the authorities that the weapons were accessible at home, but were not loaded. (Jackson County Sheriff’s Office)
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He was also on the FBI radar in 2023 when the office received anonymous advice on online threat.
The father and son were accused on October 17. Both declared innocent.
Fox News Digital contacted Berry and Smith.
Stepheny Price of Fox News contributed to this report.