ethan crumbley
Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of Michigan high school shooter Ethan Crumbley, were both found guilty of involuntary manslaughter earlier this year.
James Crumbley gave his 15-year-old son the gun used to kill four people despite knowing the child had behavioral issues.
A jury heard a frantic 911 call made in 2021 by James Crumbley, the father of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley.
A Michigan jury found Jennifer Crumbley guilty of manslaughter for failing to prevent her son's school shooting. Does this verdict set a dangerous precedent for parents?
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Jennifer Crumbley and her husband are the first parents in the U.S. to be charged in a mass school shooting committed by their child.
“I don't want to say that I'm a victim because I don't want to disrespect those families that truly are the victims on this,” Jennifer Crumbley told the jury. “But we did lose a lot.”
A school official said he found it "odd" that Jennifer Crumbley didn't take her son Ethan home after being shown a violent drawing he had scrawled on an assignment.
Ethan Crumbley, 17, killed four students and wounded more at Oxford High School in 2021.
James and Jennifer Crumbley are accused of making a gun accessible to Ethan Crumbley and ignoring his mental health needs.
Ethan Crumbley was 15 at the time of the 2021 attack that killed four students at his high school.