A jury in Georgia quickly convicted a man who gave his son a gun linked to the fatal shooting of two students and two teachers. Colin Gray is the latest U.S. parent taken to court for when a child is accused of gun violence. Prosecutors in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Virginia have extended responsibility beyond the shooters if they believe there's evidence that a parent contributed to the violence. Prosecutors in Georgia say Gray knew his son had mental health problems.
Georgia school shooting suspect’s father convicted of second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter
A Georgia man whose teenage son is accused of killing two students and two teachers at a high school has been convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. Colin Gray also was found guilty Tuesday of all other charges in the September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, northeast of Atlanta. Gray is one of a number of parents across the country who have been charged after their children were accused in fatal shootings. Prosecutors said Gray gave his son, Colt, access to a gun and ammunition “after receiving sufficient warning that Colt Gray would harm and endanger the bodily safety of another.”
A gunman shot and killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others outside a bar in a busy nightlife district near the University of Texas at Austin before police fatally shot him. The FBI says it’s investigating the assault early Sunday as a potential act of terrorism, coming after the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran. The suspect was wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words “Property of Allah.” One student who had spent his evening at the bar said it was “full of college students” who were “enjoying their nights.”
Federal and city authorities say the gunman who opened fire outside a Texas bar, killing three people and wounding more than a dozen was not on their radar before the attack. Both the FBI and police in Austin said Monday that it’s too soon to identify the motive behind Sunday's mass shooting. The FBI has said it’s investigating the shooting as a potential act of terrorism, coming after the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran. Investigators are poring over thousands of hours of video and police say there are more than 150 witnesses to interview. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis says the shooter legally bought the weapons several years ago.
Federal authorities are joining local police in the search for a suspect in a weekend nightclub shooting in Cincinnati that wounded nine people. Interim Cincinnati Police Chief Adam Hennie confirmed that all nine victims were hospitalized for non-life threatening injuries and all are in stable condition. Shots rang out around 1 a.m. Sunday inside the music venue Riverfront Live, where Jermaine Tandy, also known as DJ Fresh, was hosting a birthday celebration. The FBI is working with the Cincinnati Police Department on the investigation and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has offered a reward for information related to identifying the suspect.
Authorities say a gunman wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words “Property of Allah” killed two people and wounded 14 at a Texas bar. The FBI said the shooting in Austin is being investigated as a potential act of terrorism. Police shot and killed the man, who had used both a pistol and a rifle early in the shooting early Sunday, a day after the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran. The Department of Homeland Security identified the gunman as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne. Multiple people briefed on the investigation say Diagne is originally from Senegal. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson says a fast police response in confronting the gunman saved lives.
Today is Sunday, March 1, the 60th day of 2026. There are 305 days left in the year.
Court records in New Orleans show that actor Shia LaBeouf has been rearrested and charged with an additional count of simple battery. The court record from Orleans Parish in Louisiana shows LaBeouf was arrested Saturday. LaBeouf's attorney says the arrest is connected to a Feb. 17 fight for which he was previously arrested. In that case, LaBeouf is accused of hitting multiple people during Mardis Gras celebrations. His attorney Sarah Chervinsky says it's unusual for someone to be jailed two separate times for a single misdemeanor incident. Telephone and email messages left Saturday with New Orleans police weren’t immediately returned.
Attorney General Pam Bondi says federal prosecutors have indicted 30 more people tied to a protest at a Minnesota church over an immigration enforcement crackdown. Bondi says 25 of those people are already under arrest. The protest on Jan. 18 also led to the arrests of independent journalist Don Lemon and local activist Nekima Levy Armstrong. Both have pleaded not guilty to civil rights charges. Trump officials have strongly condemned the protest for interrupting a church service. Protesters took the action after learning a pastor there is also an immigration enforcement official.
A Chicago man accused of helping his then-girlfriend kill her mother during a vacation in Indonesia has pleaded not guilty to federal charges in the United States. Tommy Schaefer was sentenced to 18 years in prison in Indonesia in connection with the murder of Chicago socialite Sheila von Weise-Mack in Bali in 2014. Schaefer was released from prison in Indonesia on Tuesday and flown back to Chicago, where he faces charges of conspiring to kill someone in a foreign country, conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with a victim. Court records show he entered not guilty pleas to all three counts Thursday.