Father of 14-year-old Georgia school shooting suspect arrested on multiple charges

WINDER, Ga. (AP) — The father of the teenager charged in the killing four people at a Georgia high school has been arrested, authorities said Thursday.

Colin Gray, 54, the father of Colt Gray, has been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a social media post.

No other details were immediately provided. A news conference was planned later Thursday.

Authorities have charged 14-year-old Colt Gray as an adult with murder in the shootings Wednesday at Apalachee High School outside Atlanta. Arrest warrants obtained by the AP accuse him of using a semiautomatic assault-style rifle in the attack, which killed two students and two teachers and wounded nine other people.

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