Current:Home > MyRobert Brown|Key moments surrounding the Michigan high school shooting in 2021 -GrowthInsight
Robert Brown|Key moments surrounding the Michigan high school shooting in 2021
Indexbit View
Date:2025-04-09 22:31:54
PONTIAC,Robert Brown Mich. (AP) — The jury is deliberating in the involuntary manslaughter trial of the Michigan father of a teenage boy who killed four classmates and wounded others. It is the latest development in the shooting that occurred Nov. 30, 2021, in Oxford, Michigan, just north of Detroit.
Here is a timeline of events leading up to the verdict.
Nov. 26, 2021: James Crumbley buys a 9mm Sig Sauer from Acme Shooting Goods in Oxford. His son Ethan, 15 at the time, posts a photo on Instagram of himself holding the semi-automatic handgun, writing: “Just got my new beauty today. SIG SAUER 9mm. Any questions I will answer.” He includes an emoji of a smiling face with heart eyes.
Nov. 27, 2021: Jennifer Crumbley and Ethan take turns shooting the gun at a range. She writes on social media that it is a “mom and son day testing out his new Christmas present.”
Nov. 29, 2021: A teacher sees Ethan, a sophomore at Oxford High, searching online for ammunition with his cellphone during class and reports it. Ethan tells school staff that he and his mother recently went to a shooting range and that shooting sports are a family hobby. School personnel call his mother to notify her but says he’s not in trouble. While exchanging text messages with her son, she writes: “Lol. I’m not mad at you. You have to learn not to get caught.” That night, Ethan Crumbley records a video declaring his plan to kill students.
Nov. 30, 2021: Ethan Crumbley opens fire at Oxford High School, killing four students. Seven others, including a teacher, are wounded. His parents had met with school officials that morning because violent drawings were found on his math paper, but he was not removed from school, and his backpack was not searched. Two hours after the meeting, Ethan pulls the gun from the backpack and uses it in the attack, then surrenders without a fight.
Dec. 1, 2021: Ethan is charged as an adult with murder and terrorism.
Dec. 3, 2021: James and Jennifer Crumbley are charged with involuntary manslaughter. Authorities cannot find them, and a search is launched.
Dec. 4, 2021: A judge imposes a combined $1 million bond for the parents, hours after police say they were caught hiding in a Detroit art studio with new phones and more than $6,000 in cash. They plead not guilty to the charges.
Dec. 9, 2021: The first lawsuits are filed seeking $100 million each against the Oxford school district, saying the violence could have been prevented.
Jan. 24, 2022: Oxford High School reopens for the first time since the attack, with the school’s principal declaring “we are reclaiming our high school back.”
Oct. 24, 2022: Ethan Crumbley, 16 at the time, pleads guilty to terrorism and first-degree murder.
Dec. 9, 2023: A judge sentences Ethan Crumbley, now 17, to life in prison after listening to hours of gripping anguish from parents and wounded survivors.
Jan. 23, 2024: Jennifer Crumbley stands trial on involuntary manslaughter charges in an unusual effort to pin criminal responsibility on his parents for the deaths.
Feb. 6, 2024: Jennifer Crumbley is convicted of involuntary manslaughter, making her the first parent in the U.S. to be held responsible for a child carrying out a mass school attack.
March 5, 2024: James Crumbley stands trial on involuntary manslaughter charges as a prosecutor tries to hold him, like his wife, responsible for the deaths of four students.
veryGood! (851)
Related
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Justice Department helping Ukraine in war crimes investigations, Attorney General Garland says
- Loch Ness Centre wants new generation of monster hunters for biggest search in 50 years
- Stock market today: Asia mixed after Wall St rallies ahead of US inflation update
- In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
- Jada Pinkett Smith Shares Update on Her Hair Journey Amid Alopecia Battle
- US has 'direct contact' with Niger's coup leaders but conversations are 'difficult'
- As hazing scandal plays out at Northwestern, some lawyers say union for athletes might have helped
- Head of the Federal Aviation Administration to resign, allowing Trump to pick his successor
- With strike talk prevalent as UAW negotiates, labor expert weighs in
Ranking
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- Loch Ness Centre wants new generation of monster hunters for biggest search in 50 years
- Powerful storms killed 2 people and left more than 1 million customers without power
- A lost 140-pound baby walrus is getting round-the-clock cuddles in rare rescue attempt
- Kylie Jenner Shows Off Sweet Notes From Nieces Dream Kardashian & Chicago West
- A Florida man is charged with flooding an emergency room after attacking a nurse and stripping
- Arrest warrants issued after boaters attack dock employee at Montgomery riverbank
- Kansas officer wounded in weekend shootout that killed a car chase suspect has died of injuries
Recommendation
Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
DC area braces for destructive evening storms, hail and tornadoes
Riley Keough Reveals Name of Her and Husband Ben Smith-Petersen's Baby Girl
Russia court sentences Alexey Navalny, jailed opposition leader and Putin critic, to 19 more years in prison
Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
Music Review: Neil Young caught in his 1970s prime with yet another ‘lost’ album, ‘Chrome Dreams’
A judge called an FBI operative a ‘villain.’ Ruling comes too late for 2 convicted in terror sting
Niger’s neighbors and the UN seek to deescalate tensions with last-minute diplomacy