Live updates: Colt Gray, Georgia school shooter, pleads guilty and victims deliver emotional statements in court

Link Copied! Colt Gray breaks down in interview, describes hesitation before shooting By Alaa Elassar • Source: CNN " data-fave-thumbnails="{"big": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/videothumbnails/22947611-80823720-generated-thumbnail.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill" }, "small": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/videothumbnails/22947611-80823720-generated-thumbnail.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill" } }" data-vr-video="false" data-show-html=" " data-byline-html=" " data-timestamp-html=" Updated 6:05 PM EDT, Fri July 24, 2026 " data-check-event-based-preview="" data-is-vertical-video-embed="false" data-network-id="" data-publish-date="2026-07-24T19:56:22.145Z" data-video-section="us" data-canonical-url="" data-branding-key="" data-video-slug="colt-gray-breaks-down-shooting" data-first-publish-slug="colt-gray-breaks-down-shooting" data-video-tags="" data-breakpoints='{"video-resource--media-extra-large": 660}' data-display-video-cover="true" data-details=""> Colt Gray breaks down in interview, describes hesitation before shooting 0:23 • Source: CNN Colt Gray breaks down in interview, describes hesitation before shooting 0:23 The courtroom heard audio of Colt Gray during a police interview after the shooting, in which the then-14-year-old described briefly reconsidering his actions before opening fire at Apalachee High School.

“I had a moment in the bathroom of like, I probably shouldn’t do this … the next thing I know I’m f***ing shooting in a classroom, dude,” he says, sobbing.