Jury Reaches Verdict in Case Against Michigan School Shooter’s Mother

Published on February 6, 2024

In a first-of-its-kind trial, the mother of a school shooter has been found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in the deadly Nov. 30, 2021, shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan. The jury was tasked to decide whether the shooting was reasonably foreseeable by Mrs. Crumbley and therefore preventable. The jury returned the verdict more than two years after Jennifer Crumbley’s then-15-year-old son killed four students and injured six others and a teacher with the 9 mm handgun she and her husband James purchased as a gift for him four days prior. Her husband will also face trial for the same charges in March....