Ethan Crumbley recorded himself vowing to become the next school shooter. Then he killed four classmates
The night before he killed four classmates and wounded seven others at Michigan’s Oxford High School, Ethan Crumbley foretold the carnage that was about to ensue.
On two audio recordings, played before a court hearing on 27 July, Crumbley boasts of trying to kill as many students as he can, and the enjoyment he will take from it.
“My name is Ethan Crumbley, age 15, and I am going to be the next school shooter,” he says on one recording.
“I’ve thought about this a lot. I can’t stop thinking about it. But it’s constantly in my head.”
In a second audio, he says: “I’m gonna have so much fun tomorrow.”
Crumbley, 17, pleaded guilty to one count of terrorism causing death, four counts of first-degree murder and 19 other charges stemming from the mass shooting he committed on 30 November 2021 at the age of 15.
Although even given the heinous, premeditated nature of his crimes were not a foregone conclusion, Crumbley was eventually sentenced to life without the possibility of
