DETROIT — Oxford Community Schools officials late Monday asked a federal judge to suspend a $100 million lawsuit filed by victims of the Nov. 30 mass shooting until the end of criminal cases against the alleged shooter and his parents.
The lawsuit threatens to interfere with the prosecution of accused shooter Ethan Crumbley and his parents and it is likely several additional civil lawsuits will be filed stemming from the nation's deadliest school shooting since 2018, a district lawyer wrote in a court filing.
The district's request to suspend the lawsuit was filed hours after Oxford High School students returned for the first time to a newly renovated building since the Nov. 30 school shooting left four students dead and injured six others and a teacher.
