A Michigan jury found the mother of a school shooter guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter for her son’s actions more than two years ago.
The jury began deliberating on Monday after a seven-day court trial, reaching its guilty verdict on all four charges on Tuesday afternoon. Jennifer Crumbley was accused by prosecutors of being grossly negligent about her son’s behavior leading up to the November 2021 shooting at Oxford High School that left four students killed.
The charges against Crumbley and her husband allege the two played a role in the shooting, carried out by their son, by not stopping him. The prosecutors also alleged they could have foreseen him committing the school shooting, in a first-of-its-kind prosecution against the parents of a school shooter. Her husband, James, is set to go to trial on the same charges in March.
“Jennifer Crumbley didn’t pull the trigger that day, but she is responsible for those deaths,” Oakland County assistant prosecutor Marc Keast said during the trial.
Crumbley’s sentencing is scheduled for April 9, with each of the four charges carrying a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.
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The trial comes months after her son, Ethan Crumbley, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his actions.
The four students at Oxford High School who were killed by the gunman in November 2021 were Madisyn Baldwin, 17, Hana St. Juliana, 14, Tate Myre, 16, and Justin Shilling, 17.
