Michigan teen Ethan Crumbley pleads guilty to killing 4 in school shooting

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Michigan teen pleads guilty to killing 4 in school shooting

By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
October 24, 2022

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A teenager pleaded guilty Monday to terrorism and first-degree murder in a Michigan school shooting that killed four students and may be called to testify against his parents, who’ve been jailed on manslaughter charges for their alleged role in the tragedy.

Ethan Crumbley, 16, pleaded guilty to all 24 charges, nearly a year after the attack at Oxford High School in southeastern Michigan. In the gallery, some relatives of the victims wept as assistant prosecutor Marc Keast described the crimes.

“Yes,” Crumbley replied, looking down and nodding in affirmation, when asked if he “knowingly, willfully and deliberately” chose to shoot other students.

The prosecutor’s office said no deals were made ahead of Monday’s plea. A first-degree murder conviction typically brings an automatic life prison sentence in Michigan, but teenagers are entitled to a hearing where their lawyer can argue for a shorter term and an opportunity for parole.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/pontiac-michigan-oxford-high-school-shooting-crime-shootings-ff69e26f96bb07af5dcb76bddc650bb4


Ethan Crumbley answers yes to charges against him from assistant prosecutor during his pre-trial hearing at Oakland County Courthouse, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Pontiac, Mich. Crumbley entered the guilty plea to 24 criminal charges including terrorism causing death and first-degree murder for the Oxford High School shooting. (Clarence Tabb Jr./Detroit News via AP)

[maxsolomon]

1. He looks like a child. He is a child.

His parents were outrageously indifferent to the warning signs. No one even searched his backpack that day.

So much negligence.

[Kaleva]

2. Hopefully the parents get hammered.

[Lucky Luciano]

3. Still a piece of shit that should be discarded for life. No parole.

[maxsolomon]

5. He will be, don't worry.

All I'm pointing out is the mitigating factors. He still pleaded guilty to 4 counts of 1st-degree murder.

Life with parole is OK with me. Or 25-to-life. He won't be much of a threat in 30, 40, 50 years.

Even Manson & Sirhan got the possibility of parole. They never got it, but they got hearings.

[SYFROYH]

4. Anyone know the status of charges against the parents?

[Eugene]

6. Per the OP and additional link, they are in jail, facing 4 counts of involuntary manslaughter.

https://apnews.com/article/oxford-high-school-shooting-shootings-education-violence-crime-31b054a2e403275f119b5e919f7fbc43

Trial postponed to 2023, no date set.

https://nbc25news.com/news/local/crumbley-parents-trial-date-postponed-to-2023