THE SCENE outside the Georgia high school mass shooting (Wikipedia).

While the suspect in the shooting death of four people at a Georgia high school has been charged with murder, his father faces charges of involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder and cruelty to children.

Colt Gray, 14, has been arrested for the fatal shootings at Apalachee High School near Atlanta and will be charged as an adult. He is alleged to have used a semi-automatic “assault-style” rifle to kill two students and two teachers and wound nine other people.

His father, Colin Gray, 64, is charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder as well as eight counts of cruelty to children.

Second-degree murder is punishable by a prison term of 10 to 30 years.

He faces those charges because he allegedly allowed his son to possess a weapon.

Colt Gray reportedly posted “a menacing post” on social media last year. He was not arrested for a lack of evidence. The youth reportedly was upset at his parents’ separation and was often “picked on” at school.

Hunter Biden pleads guilty on taxes

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden pleaded guilty on Thursday to nine federal tax charges.

HUNTER BIDEN (Wikipedia).

The 54-year-old Biden suffered from drug and alcohol addiction and is believed to have used his family name toward getting international consulting contracts. There’s no evidence that his father was in any way connected to his sons actions.

Hunter will face sentencing in mid-December; he’s free on bond in the interim. He faces a maximum sentence of 17 years in prison and a fine of up to $1.3 million on the tax charges.

In addition to failure to pay his taxes, Hunter was accused of being an addict in possession of a firearm, with a possible sentence of 25 years in a separate conviction.

President Biden has said he would not use his presidential authority to pardon his son.

Sports: Angels lose, clinch a losing season

The Los Angeles Angels followed Wednesday’s 10-1 shellacking of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a more humbling experience on Thursday: a 3-1 loss to the Texas Rangers in Arlington. That defeat guaranteed a ninth consecutive losing season as they recorded loss number 82 (against 58 victories.

The last winning season for the Halos was 2014, when Barack Obama was president.

The Dodgers (84-56) had the day off. They’ll return to action on Friday, hosting the Cleveland Guardians. 

Weather: Near triple digit highs

The heat wave moving through the nation will peak in our West Orange County area over the weekend. According to forecasts, the thermometer will hit 97 degrees on Friday, with  an overnight low of 70. Saturday will have a daytime high of 96 with an overnight low of 73. Sunday should bea bit warmer at 99 (74) and then “cool” to 93 (69) on Monday. Skies should be mostly sunny on Friday, partly cloudy on Saturday, then sunny on Sunday and Monday.