Georgia high school shooting suspect Colt Gray changes plea to guilty, now faces life in prison

The 16-year-old charged with killing two students and two teachers during a 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia now faces life in prison after he entered a guilty plea Friday.

Colt Gray, who previously pleaded not guilty last October, entered the new plea Friday without reaching a deal with prosecutors. Gray, who was 14 at the time of the shooting, was charged as an adult with 55 total counts, including murder in the four deaths and 25 counts of aggravated assault. His trial had been scheduled to start in mid-October.