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Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect are charged with involuntary manslaughter

The gun used in Tuesday's shooting was purchased by the suspect's father James Crumbley on Black Friday, the prosecutor said.
A memorial outside of Oxford High School, where four students were killed in a mass shooting Tuesday.
Updated December 3, 2021 at 12:55 PM ET

Prosecutors have charged Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of the 15-year-old accused of murdering four students at a high school in Michigan, with four counts each of involuntary manslaughter.

The 9mm Sig Sauer SP 2022 pistol used in Tuesday's shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, a small community north of Detroit, was purchased by James Crumbley at a local gun

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