DETROIT — A lawyer for Oxford High School and district staff asked a federal judge to dismiss civil lawsuits filed in connection with one of the nation's deadliest campus shootings, claiming officials were not fully responsible and have qualified immunity shielding them from liability.
"Plaintiffs have not established that any defendant knew of the specific risk of harm facing plaintiffs — that (suspect Ethan Crumbley) had a gun and would shoot students in the school," attorney Timothy Mullins wrote in the 84-page document filed Thursday in U.S. District Court.
The motion focuses on arguments raised in lawsuits filed by the families of victims and survivors in the Nov. 30, 2021, shooting that left four students dead and wounded six others as well as a teacher.
