A Michigan jury is set to deliberate on Monday in a groundbreaking trial involving the mother of a school shooter who could face involuntary manslaughter charges for her alleged role in the tragic deaths of four students in 2021. Jennifer Crumbley is accused of gross negligence for failing to inform officials at Oxford High School that her family possessed firearms, including a 9 mm handgun that her son, Ethan Crumbley, used at a shooting range just days before the incident.
The case unfolded after school officials became concerned about a disturbing drawing of a gun, a bullet, and a wounded man accompanied by desperate phrases on one of Ethan's math assignments. Despite this concerning discovery, a brief 12-minute meeting between the Crumbleys and the school did not result in Ethan being sent home, and nobody checked his backpack. Later that same day, the teenager retrieved the gun from his backpack and went on to shoot ten students and a teacher, tragically claiming the lives of four of his peers.
