Georgia school shooting suspect's dad asks for protection after 'incalculable number of threats' in jail
Colin Gray, whose teen son Colt Gray is accused of killing four people at a Georgia high school, asked a judge for protection from fellow inmates due to the “incalculable number of threats” he faces behind bars.
The man whose teenage son is accused of killing four people at a Georgia high school asked a judge Wednesday for protection from fellow inmates because of the “incalculable number of threats” he faces behind bars.
Colin Gray is being held without bail after he was arrested and booked on suspicion of second-degree murder and manslaughter, accused of allowing his son, Colt Gray, access to the weapon used in last week's bloodshed at Apalachee High School in Winder, east of Atlanta.
Gray needs to be separated from other inmates being held by the Barrow County Sheriff's Office, his lawyers Jimmy Berry and Brian Hobbs wrote.
Widespread news coverage and social media discussion of the case has led to an "incalculable number of threats against the Defendant" by inmates "calling for both harm and violence to befall the Defendant, and in some cases, even calling for the death of the Defendant," they said.
Last week's shooting has affected almost everyone in Winder and greater Barrow County, defense lawyers said.
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