Parents facing more felony charges for kids' gun crimes, experts say
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Due to the increasing prevalence of digital evidence, more parents could be charged in connection with their kids' gun-related crimes in the future, experts say.
"The public has been blaming parents for years… and what we're now seeing with obviously the advent and popularity of social media and so forth — journalism taken to an nth degree," attorney Ven Johnson, who filed a civil lawsuit against the Crumbleys on behalf of families victimized by Ethan's crimes, told Fox News Digital. "So much information about background that no one ever really shared before. I'm not saying it wasn't there. I'm simply saying it wasn't public or well-known." Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.
Ethan, at age 15, walked into Oxford High School the morning of Nov. 30, 2021, went to classes, met with the school counselor with his parents and was sent back to class before he took a gun out of his backpack and killed 16-year-old Tate Myre, 16-year-old Justin Shilling, 14-year-old Hana St. Juliana and 17-year-old Madisyn Baldwin.