What Jennifer Crumbley guilty verdict could mean for parents of other mass shooters
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Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter over her son's 2021 school shooting. What does this ruling mean for parents of mass shooters?
A Michigan jury issued a historic verdict on Tuesday, finding Jennifer Crumbley -- the mother of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley -- guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter for her role in the 2021 shooting.
The case was a rare example of a parent facing criminal charges for failing to address warning signs about their child and preventing them from accessing the weapon used in the shooting. The shooter's father, James Crumbley, will have a separate trial in March, where he faces the same charges.
Prosecutors argued that the Crumbley parents, who bought their son the weapon used in the shooting as a gift, failed to prevent the attack despite school officials warning them the morning of the shooting that he was showing concerning signs. The school asked the Crumbleys to take their son for mental health care that day, but the parents said they had to go back to work and would arrange care for him.
Ethan, who was 15 at the time of the shooting, killed four of his classmates and injured seven others when he opened fire at Oxford High School in November 2021.
