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Colt Gray, accused Apalachee school shooter, waives arraignment and pleads not guilty, documents show

The 14-year-old and his father, Colin Gray, both face numerous charges relating to the tragedy.

ATLANTA — Editor's note: The video above is from a previous report regarding the indictment.

Colt Gray, the accused gunman in the Apalachee High School shooting, has waived his arraignment and pleaded not guilty, according to recent court documents.

The 14-year-old and his father, Colin Gray, both face numerous charges relating to the tragedy.

Colt Gray currently faces 55 charges, including malice and felony murder. His father, who is accused of knowingly allowing his son to possess a weapon, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, is facing a total of 29 charges.

In a preliminary hearing last week, a jdge determined there was enough probable cause for the case against Colin Gray to proceed.

In that hearing, Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents testified that Colt's mother, Marcee Gray, said to them her son had a "fascination with school shooters and school shootings" and that he had access to guns at home.

Credit: Barrow County Sheriff's Office via AP
Colin Gray (left), Colt Gray (right

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More on the Apalachee High School shooting 

On the morning of Sept. 4, lives were forever changed at Apalachee High School in Barrow County.  On that day, the GBI said at 10:20 a.m., the Barrow County Sheriff's Office received alerts about reports of an "active shooter." 

During a news conference later that day, the GBI said two students and two teachers were killed in the shooting. 

The GBI identified the victims as the following:

The GBI also identified the accused shooter as Colt Gray, who is a student at Apalachee High School. Colt Gray is facing four counts of felony murder in connection with the shooting and will be tried as an adult. 

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