Parents on trial for son's school shooting

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James and Jennifer Crumbley appear in court as judge decides whether to take them to trial

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Ethan Crumbley was sentenced to life for murdering four and injuring seven others in the Oxford High School shooting in suburban Detroit. Now his parents face a historic trial of their own.

Jennifer and James Crumbley are the first parents in US history to be charged and tried for their alleged role in a mass school shooting.

The parents were each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. They have pleaded not guilty.

 

The pair are being tried separately. Jennifer Crumbley’s trial is underway, just one month after her son was convicted and sentenced to life without a possibility of parole.

James Crumbley’s trial is slated to begin in March.

Here’s what we know about the historic trial:

Michigan school shooting: Mother texted Ethan Crumbley ‘Don’t do it’

Why are they on trial?

The parents face four counts of involuntary manslaughter, accused of ignoring his mental health condition and making the gun accessible at home.

Four days before the shooting on 30 November 2021, James bought his son a gun, which Ethan described on Instagram as his “new beauty”.

Jennifer then took her son to a shooting range.

A few days later, a teacher noticed the high school sophomore searching online for ammunition, sparking concerned school administrators to contact his parents.

Instead of responding to the school, his mother allegedly texted her son: “Lol. I’m not mad at you. You have to learn not to get caught.”

On the day of the shooting, a teacher found a disturbing drawing on Ethan’s desk depicting a school massacre, featuring a semi-automatic handgun pointing at the words “the thoughts won’t stop help me”, prosecutors said.

The school staff then met with Ethan and his parents.

Although the school staff urged Ethan to seek psychiatric help that day and to go home early, his parents rejected the idea and the school didn’t require him to leave.

Later that day, their son opened fire, taking the lives of four classmates: Madisyn Baldwin, 17, Hana St. Juliana, 14, Tate Myre, 16, and Justin Shilling, 17.

LOCK EM UP

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Yeah, lock up the parents. They should have locked the gun away from him.

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Makes sense to me 

curious though why did the school not do more. They have the right and the authority to contact mental health professionals for students.  Especially if there is lives at risk which the article mentions 

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