16-year-old&nbsp;Colt Gray was sentenced to&nbsp;life in prison without the possibility of parole&nbsp;this week&nbsp;for&nbsp;the killing of four people at his Georgia high school in 2024.&nbsp;The emotional hearing offered a sounding board for victims’ family members and a peek into Gray’s&nbsp;possible motivation,&nbsp;which&nbsp;investigators say&nbsp;included&nbsp;a desire to get the&nbsp;attention&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;previous&nbsp;school shooter.&nbsp;Can this tragedy teach authorities anything about preventing the next one?&nbsp;

For more:&nbsp;Georgia school shooter Colt Gray sentenced to life in prison without parole&nbsp;

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Guest:&nbsp;Isabel Rosales, CNN Correspondent&nbsp;

Host: David Rind&nbsp;

Producer:&nbsp;Paola&nbsp;Ortiz&nbsp;

Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin&nbsp;

Senior Director of Podcasts: Zach Goldbaum&nbsp;

Photo: Jason Getz/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP 
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