Father's Defense Plays Daughter's Interview After Son's School Shooting

Описание: 11:27 interview begins

The younger sister of a teenage boy who killed four people at a high school in Georgia in 2024 talked to investigators the next day, and her father's lawyers played her interview as a key defense exhibit in his criminal trial.

Jurors heard the recording during the cross-examination of Jason Smith, a criminal investigator with the Barrow County Sheriff's Office, on Wednesday (February 25).

You can watch Jenni testify in direct-exam here:    • Dad Told Girl To 'Try To Cover' For School...  

You can watch her testify in cross-exam here:    • Defense Implies School Shooter's Sister Is...  

04:43 "And during your interview, Colin indicated that he found out about these cutting episodes?"
"He did."
And he replied that in response to them, he removed the knives correct and Colt's ability to use them."

07:00 "Colin told you that Marcee's addiction had taken a toll on Colt and that there had been what sounds like trauma involved when Marcee was around, trauma to Colt."

09:41 Jenni's interview:
"So you were at Treehouse when the interview happened?"
"Yes."
"You were able to observe the interview in its entirety?"
"Yes."

11:27 interview begins

38:!6 "Tell me what he would talk to you when he would talk to you about the school shooters?"

01:18:53 "You told me that dad got or that Colt got that gun as a gift, right?"

Background:

A gunman killed two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on September 4, 2024. Eight students and one teacher were injured.

The victims were Mason Schermerhorn, 14; Christian Angulo, 14; Richard Aspinwall, 39 and a math teacher and defensive coordinator for the school's football team; and Cristina Irimie, 53 and a math teacher.

Colin Gray's oldest son, Colt Gray, is awaiting trial on 55 charges, including counts of murder and aggravated assault.

The father currently is on trial for 29 charges, including involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder, cruelty to children and reckless conduct. Prosecutors say he gave his son the rifle used in the shooting as a Christmas gift, despite being told by law enforcement to keep guns away from him.

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