(CNN) — A Georgia court heard testimony that shed new light on a possible motive for Colt Gray, the teen who fatally shot four people at Apalachee High School in 2024, including evidence of his obsession with previous mass shootings and his desire for infamy.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys spent the second day of the sentencing hearing Monday debating whether Colt, 16, can ever be rehabilitated, as the court weighs whether to allow the option of parole with his expected life sentence.
The hearing comes nearly two years after the attack, the deadliest school shooting in Georgia history. Colt, who was just 14 at the time, took an AR-15-style rifle to school and fatally shot teachers Richard Aspinwall and Cristina Irimie and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, nine others were also injured.
Colt pleaded guilty Friday to 55 charges, including four counts of murder. In court, victims’ families and shooting survivors spoke about their physical and emotional scars.
