Category: Michigan

Artist Linked to Parents of Michigan School Shooter Questioned by Police

Detectives on Monday questioned an artist linked to the Detroit studio where the parents of a 15-year-old accused Michigan school shooter were arrested after a manhunt, local law enforcement officials said. Andrzej Sikora, 65, was not arrested after a two-hour interview, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement, adding that detectives searched his…


Prosecutor: Charges Not Ruled out Against Oxford High School Staff After Shooting

School officials who work at Michigan’s Oxford High School could face criminal charges in connection to last week’s shooting that left four students dead, said a prosecutor involved in the case on Monday. Speaking during an interview, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said that Oxford High School staff had the legal basis to search alleged shooting…


Michigan Attorney General Offers to Help Oxford School District Probe Shooting

Michigan’s attorney general has reached out to the school district in which a shooting took place last week, offering assistance to authorities in their investigations. “Our attorneys and special agents are uniquely qualified to perform an investigation of this magnitude and are prepared to perform an extensive investigation and inquiry to answer the many questions…


Third Party to Probe Oxford High’s Actions Ahead of Shooting

PONTIAC, Mich.—A third party will investigate events at Oxford High School that occurred before a school shooting that left four students dead and six other students and a teacher wounded, the Michigan district’s superintendent said, with the Michigan attorney general responding Sunday that her office could conduct it. Oxford Community Schools Superintendent Tim Throne said…


Suspected Michigan School Shooter, Parents All House at Same Jail: Sheriff

The alleged Oxford High School shooter and his parents are all being held at the same jail but in separate cells, officials said. Ethan Crumbley, 15, was charged with four counts of first-degree murder, one count of terrorism causing death, seven counts of assault, and firearms charges. Parents Jennifer and James Crumbley were charged with…


Suspected Michigan School Shooter, Parents All Housed at Same Jail: Sheriff

The alleged Oxford High School shooter and his parents are all being held at the same jail but in separate cells, officials said. Ethan Crumbley, 15, was charged with four counts of first-degree murder, one count of terrorism causing death, seven counts of assault, and firearms charges. Parents Jennifer and James Crumbley were charged with…


Sheriff: Deputies Would Have Taken Michigan Shooting Suspect’s Guns If School Had Told Them

The sheriff of Michigan’s Oakland County said that his office would have taken action if Oxford High School officials included resource officers in meetings with the parents of an alleged 15-year-old school shooter that left four people dead last week. Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard, responding to a statement from Oxford school superintendent Tim Throne that the…


Alleged Michigan School Gunman Convinced Officials Violent Drawings Were for Video Game: Officials

Accused Michigan high school shooter Ethan Crumbley convinced school officials that violent drawings he made in class were of a “video game,” according to a letter that was released by Oxford High School community from Oxford Community Schools superintendent Tim Thorne. Crumbley, 15, was charged with several counts of homicide and terrorism for a shooting…


Michigan Shooting Suspect’s Parents Plead Not Guilty, Say They Weren’t Trying to Flee

The parents of a 15-year-old Michigan boy who allegedly opened fire in a high school this week pleaded not guilty on Saturday to involuntary manslaughter charges. Jennifer Crumbley, 49, and James Crumbley, 45, appeared at the virtual Oakland County hearing after being apprehended by law enforcement at a vacant building in Detroit late Friday. Prosecutors…


Parents of Michigan School Shooting Suspect Arrested in Detroit

Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of of an alleged shooting suspect, have been taken into custody after police found the couple inside a building in Detroit. Ethan Crumbley, their 15-year-old son, is suspected of having opened fire and killed four people at Oxford High School in Oxford, Michigan, on Nov. 30. The teen was charged as an adult…