Dad could have prevented Michigan school shooting 'nightmare,' prosecutor tells jury
The father of a Michigan school shooter who killed four students in 2021 missed an 바카라 게임 웹사이트incredible opportunity바카라 게임 웹사이트 to prevent the tragedy, prosecutors said Thursday as jurors heard opening statements in a trial that will determine whether a second parent will be held responsible for the attack.
바카라 게임 웹사이트This case isn't about bad parenting 바카라 게임 웹사이트 it's not illegal to be a bad parent. It's not kids doing kid things,바카라 게임 웹사이트 assistant prosecutor Marc Keast said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트We're talking about preventable mass murder.바카라 게임 웹사이트
James Crumbley is charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each teenager killed by Ethan Crumbley at Oxford High School. Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty of the same charges last month.
Keast emphasized a series of key points for the jury. He noted that James Crumbley, accompanied by his son, bought a Sig Sauer 9 mm handgun four days before the shooting.
The father never told school staff about the purchase 바카라 게임 웹사이트 or a trip to a shooting range that same weekend 바카라 게임 웹사이트 when he and his wife were summoned to discuss a disturbing drawing on Ethan's math assignment on the day of the shooting.
There was a gun on the paper that looked similar to the Sig Sauer, blood drops and a bullet, accompanied by the phrases: 바카라 게임 웹사이트The thoughts won't stop. Help me.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The Crumbleys didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t take Ethan home, and the school, concerned that Ethan might be suicidal, didn't demand it. No one checked the boy바카라 게임 웹사이트s backpack for a gun, however, and the shooting happened that afternoon.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Instead of seizing that incredible opportunity, James Crumbley spent hours making deliveries바카라 게임 웹사이트 for DoorDash, Keast said.
He displayed a picture of a gun lock, still in a package, for the jury.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It was never used바카라 게임 웹사이트 at home, the prosecutor said.
James Crumbley is not accused of knowing what his 15-year-old son had planned for his school. But he's accused of being grossly negligent by not securing the weapon.
바카라 게임 웹사이트This nightmare 바카라 게임 웹사이트 these murders 바카라 게임 웹사이트 were preventable by him, foreseeable by him,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Keast said.
Defense attorney Mariell Lehman strongly suggested James Crumbley, 47, would testify in his own defense.
바카라 게임 웹사이트James Crumbley was not aware that his son had access to that firearm,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Lehman told jurors. 바카라 게임 웹사이트You will hear testimony that access was not allowed in James Crumbley's mind. You will not hear that James Crumbley suspected that his son was a danger.바카라 게임 웹사이트
James and Jennifer Crumbley are the first U.S. parents to be charged with having criminal responsibility for a mass school shooting committed by a child.
Prosecutors said the Crumbleys ignored their son's pleas for help for mental distress. Ethan told a friend that James Crumbley's response was to 바카라 게임 웹사이트suck it up,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Keast told the jury.
Ethan, now 17, is serving a life prison sentence for murder and terrorism.
Jennifer Crumbley, 45, is scheduled to return to court for her sentence on April 9. Her minimum prison term could be as high as 10 years.