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Michigan school shooter’s mother found guilty of manslaughter

A Michigan jury convicted a school shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in the killings of four students in 2021, making her the first parent in the U.S. to be held responsible for a child carrying out a mass school attack.

By Carlos Osorio, Daniel Mears/Detroit News, WJBK and Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP

Feb. 6, 2024

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A Michigan jury convicted the Oxford High School shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughter, making her the first parent in the U.S. to be held responsible for a child carrying out a school attack.
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Attorney Shannon Smith, left, stands next to defendant Jennifer Crumbley during her trial, Monday, Feb. 5, in Pontiac, Mich. A Michigan jury on Tuesday, Feb. 6, has found Crumbley, a school shooter’s mother, guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a groundbreaking trial to determine whether she has any responsibility in the deaths of four students in 2021.
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Jennifer Crumbley is taken into custody after a guilty verdict was read on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in Pontiac, Mich. The jury convicted Crumbley of involuntary manslaughter in a first-of-its-kind trial to determine whether she had any responsibility in the deaths of four students in 2021. Prosecutors say Jennifer Crumbley was grossly negligent when she failed to tell Oxford High School that the family had guns, including a 9 mm handgun that her son, Ethan Crumbley, used at a shooting range on the weekend before the Nov. 30, 2021, attack.
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Jennifer Crumbley is taken into custody after a guilty verdict was read on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in Pontiac, Mich. The jury convicted Crumbley of involuntary manslaughter in a first-of-its-kind trial to determine whether she had any responsibility in the deaths of four students in 2021. Prosecutors say Jennifer Crumbley was grossly negligent when she failed to tell Oxford High School that the family had guns, including a 9 mm handgun that her son, Ethan Crumbley, used at a shooting range on the weekend before the Nov. 30, 2021, attack.
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Craig Shilling, father of Justin Shilling, reacts after Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty on four counts of involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in Pontiac, Mich. Prosecutors say Crumbley was grossly negligent when she failed to tell Oxford High School that the family had guns, including a 9 mm handgun that her son, Ethan Crumbley, used at a shooting range on the weekend before the Nov. 30, 2021, attack.
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Jennifer Crumbley looks on after she was found guilty on four counts of involuntary manslaughter in the Oakland County courtroom of Cheryl Matthews on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in Pontiac, Mich. Prosecutors say Crumbley was grossly negligent when she failed to tell Oxford High School that the family had guns, including a 9 mm handgun that her son, Ethan Crumbley, used at a shooting range on the weekend before the Nov. 30, 2021, attack.
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Jennifer Crumbley looks on after she was found guilty on four counts of involuntary manslaughter in the Oakland County courtroom of Cheryl Matthews on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in Pontiac, Mich. Prosecutors say Crumbley was grossly negligent when she failed to tell Oxford High School that the family had guns, including a 9 mm handgun that her son, Ethan Crumbley, used at a shooting range on the weekend before the Nov. 30, 2021, attack.
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Jennifer Crumbley walks into the Oakland County courtroom of Judge Cheryl Matthews before being found guilty on four counts of involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in Pontiac, Mich. Prosecutors say Crumbley was grossly negligent when she failed to tell Oxford High School that the family had guns, including a 9 mm handgun that her son, Ethan Crumbley, used at a shooting range on the weekend before the Nov. 30, 2021, attack.
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Jennifer Crumbley leaves the Oakland County courtroom after being found guilty on four counts involuntary manslaughter in the Oakland County courtroom of Cheryl Matthews on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in Pontiac, Mich. Prosecutors say Crumbley was grossly negligent when she failed to tell Oxford High School that the family had guns, including a 9 mm handgun that her son, Ethan Crumbley, used at a shooting range on the weekend before the Nov. 30, 2021, attack.
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Jennifer Crumbley stands as the jury is seated in the Oakland County courtroom before guilty verdicts were read on four counts of involuntary manslaughter in the Oakland County courtroom of Cheryl Matthews on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in Pontiac, Mich. Prosecutors say Crumbley was grossly negligent when she failed to tell Oxford High School that the family had guns, including a 9 mm handgun that her son, Ethan Crumbley, used at a shooting range on the weekend before the Nov. 30, 2021, attack.
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Defendant Jennifer Crumbley, left, and her attorney Shannon Smith react to the unanimous verdict of guilty of involuntary manslaughter on all counts at the conclusion of her trial in the courtroom of Judge Cheryl Matthews at Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac, Mich., on Tuesday, Feb. 6.
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Oakland County sheriff deputies uncuff Jennifer Crumbley as her attorney Shannon Smith speaks to her before the jury is seated to read their a verdict in the Oakland County courtroom of Cheryl Matthews on Tuesday Feb. 6, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbley was found guilty on four counts of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of four Oxford High School students the day Crumbley's son Ethan shot and killed them in Nov. 2021.
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Craig Shilling, left, father of Justin Shilling who was killed in the Oxford School shooting in 2021, shakes hands with Oakland County Assistant Prosecutor Mark Keast after Jennifer Crumbley, mother of shooter Ethan Crumbley, was found guilty on four counts of involuntary manslaughter in the Oakland County courtroom of Cheryl Matthews on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in Pontiac, Mich.
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DETROIT FREE PRESS VIA AP

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald, right, shakes hands with Oxford High School victim parents after Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty on four counts of involuntary manslaughter in the Oakland County courtroom on Tuesday Feb. 6, in Pontiac, Mich. Prosecutors say Crumbley was grossly negligent when she failed to tell Oxford High School that the family had guns, including a 9 mm handgun that her son, Ethan Crumbley, used at a shooting range on the weekend before the Nov. 30, 2021, attack.

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