Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Ethan Crumbley, the young man responsible for the shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan, was found guilty this Tuesday of four counts of manslaughter, says BBC News. This was the first time the shooter’s parent was brought to trial in the United States.
Judges heard from witnesses for a week and decided Jennifer was responsible for the crimes because she purchased the gun used in the shooting and failed to respond to her son’s mental health needs.
Ethan Crumbley was 15 years old when he committed the crime on November 30, 2021, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in December last year. Some families of the victims expressed relief at the verdict.
The trial of the young man’s father is scheduled to begin in March. He faces the same four counts of manslaughter for the deaths of youths Justin Schilling, Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Mair and Hana St. Julian.
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