New video footage played in a Michigan courtroom on Monday during the trial of Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, shows Ethan Crumbley killing four students in 2021. , the entire family is shown being questioned by the police.
Jennifer and her husband, James Crumbley (who are being tried separately), said Ethan had three children: Tate Myre, 16, Justin Schilling, 16, and Hannah St. Juliana, 14. Madisyn Baldwin has been charged with four counts of manslaughter after shooting her four students. 17 years old — and injured seven other victims at Oxford High School on November 30, 2021, when he was just 15 years old.
“He’s the perfect kid,” James Crumbley told Oakland County sheriff’s deputies in an interview after the school shooting. Jennifer added that her 15-year-old son “never did anything wrong.”
Jennifer Crumbley was seen showing a photo of a disturbing drawing Ethan had made in class on the morning of the shooting, moments before he pulled a gun from his backpack and shot the 11 victims. It will be done.
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Jennifer Crumbley and her husband, James Crumbley, who are scheduled to go on trial in March, are the first American parents to be charged in a school shooting committed by their children. (Oakland County Sheriff’s Department/Detroit Free Press, via AP, Pool)
Oakland County prosecutors allege that the morning after Ethan was called to the guidance counselor’s office, James and Jennifer met with school officials to discuss Ethan’s drawings, which included They claimed it included a picture of a gun and words such as “Help me” and “There is blood.” My life is wasted. ”
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Prosecutors say she “categorically refused” to take him home at the time, even though she had seen the painting.
Ethan Robert Crumbley (left), charged with first-degree murder in the high school shooting, poses for a jail booking photo at the Oakland County Jail in Pontiac, Michigan. His parents were also charged after the shooting. (Oakland County Sheriff)
“I really should have taken him home,” Jennifer told police in the video.
The parents also revealed in the video that they kept the gun in a safe in a dresser drawer. When authorities arrived at the Crumbleys’ Oxford home after the shooting, they found an empty safe and an empty bullet casing on the Crumbleys’ bed.
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On the day of the shooting, Jennifer Crumbley texted her boss, Andrew Smith, saying, “The gun is gone, the bullets are gone.”
The mass shooting at Oxford High School on November 30, 2021 left four people dead and seven others injured. (Eric Shields/USA Today Network)
Later in the video, James and Jennifer Crumbley enter the interview room with their son Ethan, who is sitting in a chair and appears to be avoiding eye contact with anyone. The meeting didn’t last long after police asked the parents if there was anything they wanted to ask their son, and James Crumbley said, “I don’t think we need to ask him any questions right now.”
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Then Jennifer Crumbley turned to Ethan and said, “Why? Why?”
Jennifer and her husband, James, are scheduled to go on trial in March, making them the first parents in the United States to be charged in a school shooting committed by their child. (Oakland County Sheriff’s Department/Detroit Free Press, via AP, Pool)
James Crumbley can then be seen repeating, “I love you. I love you. I love you,” before breaking down in tears as his parents leave the room.
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Other video footage presented in court last week during Jennifer Crumbley’s trial shows her taking Ethan to the shooting range days before shooting up the high school.
Video shows Jennifer Crumbley, left, and her son Ethan Crumbley at the range for target practice on November 27, 2021. Screened in court during Jennifer Crumbley’s trial on Thursday, January 25, 2024, in Pontiac, Michigan. (Mandy Wright/Detroit Free Press, via AP, Pool)
The clip shows a mother and son wearing headphones and shooting at a target. At one point, they even practiced in the same shooting lane.
Prosecutors also allege that Jennifer and James Crumbley bought the gun from Ethan. used in filming I bought it as a Christmas present when I was 15 and posted about the purchase on social media.
On Thursday, January 25, 2024, Jennifer Crumbley’s Instagram post was made public in a courtroom in Pontiac, Michigan. Jennifer Crumbley has been charged with manslaughter in the November 30, 2021, attack on Oxford High School. (Mandy Wright/Detroit Free Press, via AP, Pool)
Ethan is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for his crime.
After the shooting and the interview with authorities, the Crumbleys allegedly fled their Oxford home after Michigan authorities issued a red alert for the couple. They were considered fugitives until their arrest by U.S. Marshals on December 4, 2021.
Jennifer Crumbley is on trial for manslaughter, the first parents to be charged in connection with a school shooting in the United States. She and her husband are accused of contributing to her son Ethan Crumbley’s death at Oxford High School by neglecting his needs and making guns available in her home. (Mandy Wright/Detroit Free Press, via AP, Pool)
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Lawyers say the parents fled for their own safety and turned themselves in days later, arguing they could not have predicted their son’s death. plan a mass shooting.
Ethan, now 17, said at his sentencing in December 2023 that his parents were not responsible because they “didn’t know” and that he “didn’t tell them” what he was going to do.
