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Prosecutor urges jury to convict Michigan school shooter’s dad, says he could have prevented tragedy

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A prosecutor urged jurors to convict the father of a Michigan school shooter on Wednesday, saying he ignored the „easiest, most glaring opportunities“ to prevent the killing of four students, especially when confronted with his son’s violent classroom drawing.
A prosecutor urged jurors to convict the father of a Michigan school shooter on Wednesday, saying he ignored the “easiest, most glaring opportunities” to prevent the killing of four students, especially when confronted with his son’s violent classroom drawing.
Instead of taking Ethan Crumbley home, James Crumbley left Oxford High School with his wife and made DoorDash runs, passing near their home during deliveries, prosecutor Karen McDonald said.
He didn’t check the house for a gun similar to one in the drawing until news of the shooting started to spread in the small community. That’s when he frantically called 911 and said the gun was missing – and his 15-year-old son could be the killer.
“There were 1,800 students at Oxford High School,” McDonald said. “There was one parent who suspected their son was a school shooter, and it was James Crumbley. You know what that’s called? That’s called foreseeability.”
Parents are not responsible for everything their kids do, she said later, but “this is a very egregious and rare set of facts.”
A jury of six men and six women left the courtroom for deliberations around 3:15 p.m.
Crumbley, 47, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, accused of failing to safely secure the gun used by Ethan and not seeking help for the boy’s mental distress.

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