James Crumbley Is up Next as Second Parent to Stand Trial in Michigan School Shooting

PONTIAC, Mich.—A man who purchased a gun with his son four days before a Michigan school shooting is headed to trial, accused of failing to take steps that could have prevented the teen from killing four students and wounding others. No one says James Crumbley knew what Ethan Crumbley planned to do at Oxford High School on Nov. 30, 2021. But prosecutors allege that his “gross negligence” was a cause of the violence. It is the second act for prosecutors: The shooter’s mother, Jennifer Crumbley, was convicted of the same involuntary manslaughter charges a month ago. They are the first U.S. parents to be charged with having criminal responsibility in a mass school shooting committed by a child....