The parents of Oxford High School shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley were charged with manslaughter Friday over the killings of four Michigan students.
Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald said James and Jennifer Crumbley committed "egregious" acts, including buying a gun and making the firearm "freely available" to the 15-year-old as well as failing to intervene when summoned to the school Tuesday and confronted with a disturbing drawing.
"All I can say at this point is those actions on Mom and Dad's behalf go far beyond negligence," she told WJR-AM. "We obviously are prosecuting the shooter to the fullest extent ... There are other individuals who should be held accountable."
According to the Associated Press, parents in the United States are "rarely charged in school shootings involving their children, even as most minors get guns from a parent or relative’s house, according to experts." There's no Michigan law that requires gun owners keep weapons locked away from children, Politico reported.
"To say that I am still in shock and numb is probably an understatement. These events that have occurred will not define us," Oxford Community Schools leader Tim Throne said in a 12-minute video. "I want you to know that there's been a lot of talk about the student who was apprehended, that he was called up to the office and all that kind of stuff. No discipline was warranted."
Throne added that there are no discipline records at the high school. "Yes this student did have contact with our front office, and, yes, his parents were on campus Nov. 30," Throne stated, after there were reports that the high school downplayed "rumors" and "false information" of threats in prior weeks.
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