CIRCUIT DOES WITH THE CARROLL CASE, AND JESSICA LEEDS, THAT
WOMAN HE ATTACKED BY
NAME TODAY SAYING --
SHE SAID IN RESPONSE
CALLING IT,
TERRIBLY UNFORTUNATE,
LESTER.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> IN GEORGIA, THE
FIRST COURT APPEARANCE
WAS TODAY FOR THE
14-YEAR-OLD AND HIS
FATHER CHARGED IN THIS
WEEK’S DEADLY HIGH
SCHOOL SHOOTING.
PRIYA SRIDHAR IS
THERE.
PRIYA, WHAT HAPPENED
IN COURT TODAY?
>> Reporter: THAT’S
RIGHT, LESTER.
NEITHER FATHER NOR SON
ENTERED A PLEA IN
COURT TODAY, BUT THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DID
SAY THERE COULD BE
EVEN MORE CHARGES TO
COME FOR THE SUSPECTED
SHOOTER.
TONIGHT, THE
14-YEAR-OLD CHARGED IN
THE DEADLY SHOOTING AT
APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL
SHACKLED WITH HAIR
COVERING HIS FACE IN
HIS FIRST COURT
APPEARANCE.
>> YOU’RE CHARGED WITH
FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY
MURDER.
>> Reporter: FAMILY
MEMBERS OF VICTIMS
SITTING IN THE FIRST
ROW.
SOON AFTER HIS FATHER
COLIN GRAY APPEARED IN
THE SAME COURTROOM.
>> ARE YOU MR. COLIN
GRAY.
>> YES, SIR.
>> Reporter: HE’S
FACING INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER AND
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
CHARGES IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SHOOTING.
>> THESE CHARGES STEM
FROM MR. GRAY
KNOWINGLY ALLOWING HIS
SON, COLT, TO POSSESS
A WEAPON.
>> Reporter: TWO LAW
ENFORCEMENT SOURCES
FAMILIAR WITH THE
INVESTIGATION TELL NBC
NEWS THAT COLIN GRAY
GAVE HIS SON AN AR-15
STYLE RIFLE AS A GIFT
AFTER THEY WERE
INTERVIEWED BY
AUTHORITIES LAST YEAR
FOLLOWING SEVERAL
ANONYMOUS TIPS THAT
COLT MADE THREATS
ONLINE.
>> I DON’T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT HIM
SAYING [ BLEEP ] LIKE
THAT, AND I’LL BE MAD
AS HELL IF HE DID AND
THEN ALL OF THE GUNS
WILL GO AWAY, AND THEY
WON’T BE ACCESSIBLE TO
HIM.
>> Reporter: HE SAID
HE WAS SHOCKED BY THE
SUGGESTION HIS SON WAS
MAKING THREATS.
>> LIKE IT’S NO JOKE.
>> WELL, WE WOULDN’T
BE HERE IF IT WAS.
>> I KNOW, I KNOW, AND
I’M TELLING YOU RIGHT
NOW WE TALK ABOUT IT
QUITE A BIT, ALL THE
SCHOOL SHOOTINGS,
THINGS THAT HAPPEN.
>> YEAH, IT’S SCARY.
>> ARE YOU GETTING
PICKED ON AT SCHOOL,
AND HE IS.
HE IS GETTING PICKED
ON AT SCHOOL.
IS EVERYTHING OKAY?
THAT’S WHY I KEEP
GOING UP THERE.
>> Reporter: COURT
RECORDS SUGGEST THE
SUSPECT HAD A
TURBULENT HOME LIFE.
LAST YEAR HIS MOTHER
MARCEE PLEADED GUILTY
TO A FAMILY VIOLENCE
CHARGE AND ACCORDING
TO A WARRANT FENTANYL
WAS FOUND IN HER CAR.
BUT TONIGHT THIS
COMMUNITY IS FOCUSED
ON REMEMBERING THOSE
WHO WERE LOST.
STUDENTS
CHRISTIAN ANGULO AND
MASON SCHERMERHORN,
AND TEACHERS
CRISTINA IRIMIE AND