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The convicted mother of a Michigan school shooter is seeking a new trial over witness deals

The first U.S. parent to be held criminally responsible for a mass school shooting committed by a child is asking a Michigan judge to throw out her involuntary manslaughter conviction

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025

Parents of Michigan school shooter ask for their own trials to be separated

The prosecution claims the Crumbley parents have been at odds since the beginning of the trial

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2023

A Michigan judge will decide if a teenage school shooter will spend his life in prison

A judge in Michigan must decide whether a teenager who killed four students at his school should spend his life in prison

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

Michigan prosecutors: Crumbleys' lying friend shouldn't house couple if freed on bail

PONTIAC, Mich. — Oakland County prosecutors on Tuesday attacked the credibility of proposed living arrangements for James and Jennifer Crumbley if they were to be released on bond, arguing that the person designated to house them had legal issues and is not responsible enough.

Tribune News Service · Dec 13, 2022

Details emerge about how shooter obtained gun used in Oxford rampage

PONTIAC, Mich. — Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty Monday to 24 charges related to the Nov. 30 Oxford High School mass shooting that killed four students and wounded seven other people and for the first time revealed key details about the gun he used in the rampage, a development that could…

Tribune News Service · Oct 25, 2022

Emotions run high as Ethan Crumbley pleads guilty in Michigan school shooting

PONTIAC, Mich. — A stoic Ethan Crumbley admitted to an Oakland County judge Monday that he went on a shooting rampage in Oxford High School last year that left four of his classmates dead and seven others wounded, prompting emotional responses from victims' families in the courtroom.

Tribune News Service · Oct 25, 2022

Accused Oxford shooter could be called to testify in his parents' manslaughter trial

PONTIAC, Mich. — Defense attorneys for the parents of accused school shooter Ethan Crumbley plan to call the couple's son as a witness in the involuntary manslaughter trial of of James and Jennifer Crumbley. Their 16-year-old son is charged with killing four students and wounding six others in a Nov.…

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2022

Jennifer and James Crumbley want Oakland County prosecutor sanctioned for 'liars' comment

PONTIAC, Mich. — Defense attorneys for the parents of the accused Oxford High shooting suspect filed emergency motions Tuesday seeking sanctions against Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald for alleged “unethical and inappropriate” statements and pretrial publicity.

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022