The Brief Suspected Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray will enter a non-negotiated guilty plea Friday morning in Barrow County court. The teen faces 55 charges after four people died and nine others were injured during the school shooting nearly two years ago. Gray avoids the death penalty, but a judge will decide if the teen ever becomes eligible for parole during upcoming sentencing. Accused Apalachee High School gunman Colt Gray is scheduled to enter a non-negotiated guilty plea Friday morning in Barrow County court over a deadly 2024 campus attack. "So the question moves more from how long is the sentence to whether he's ever going to qualify for parole," Schiffer noted.