Father of Michigan school shooter found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in historic case
A Michigan jury has found James Crumbley guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection to the 2021 Oxford High School shooting carried out by his son that claimed the lives of four students.
The shooter’s father shook his head slowly in court on Thursday as the verdict was read. The jury reached its unanimous verdict in the historic trial after around 11 hours of deliberation.
Crumbley, 47, who had pleaded not guilty, was accused of failing to safely secure the gun used by his son Ethan Crumbley and not seeking help for the boy’s mental distress.
He declined to testify in his defence – unlike his wife, of the same charges in February. She will
