On November 30th authorities received a 911 call — an active shooter had entered Oxford High School in suburban Detroit just before 1:00 pm.
At least four students were killed and eleven were injured.
Hana St. Juliana, 14, and Madisyn Baldwin, 17, died at the scene. Tate Myre, 16, died in a patrol car while being transported to the hospital by deputies. Three of the injured kids, including a 15-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the head and a 14-year-old girl wounded in the neck and chest and on a ventilator, were in critical condition. Justin Schilling, 17, died that Wednesday as a result of his injuries.
The suspect is 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, a student at Oxford High School. He resides in the custody of Oakland County Police.
Crumbley fired a handgun at least a dozen times through the hallways of the high school.
The deaths and injuries were “horrific,” said Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on ABCNews.” It is time for our community to come together to make our children feel safe at school”
“My heart goes out to the families enduring the unimaginable grief of losing a loved one. That whole community has to be in a state of shock right now.” said President Joe Biden on Tuesday at a technical school in Minnesota.
Additionally, Ethan Crumbley’s parents James and Jennifer Crumbley pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. If convicted, they risk a maximum jail sentence of 60 years and fines of $30,000.
The hearing on Tuesday was supposed to assess if prosecutors have enough evidence to pursue criminal charges. Prosecutors claim James Crumbley bought the 9mm Sig Sauer weapon used in the shooting as a Christmas present for Ethan just days before the massacre.
Prosecutors also observed a report made by Crumbley’s teacher about a troubling drawing on the day of the shooting.
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald earlier stated that it portrayed “a semiautomatic weapon aiming at the words ‘the thoughts won’t stop help me’” and a drawing of a bullet with “blood everywhere.”
The parents were summoned to a meeting with guidance counselors at the school. The Crumbleys refused to take their son home after that, and school officials let him go back to class.
“The suspect deliberately brought the handgun that day with the intent to murder as many students as he could,” reported assistant prosecutor Marc Keast.
In the following weeks, all three defendants are expected to return to court. A preliminary examination hearing for Ethan Crumbley is set for December 20. His parents’ preliminary appearance is tentatively planned for Feb. 8 after they return to court in January.
