Oxford High School shooting
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Oxford High School shooting | |
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Location | Oxford Township, Michigan, U.S. |
Coordinates | 42°50′17″N 83°15′40″W / 42.83806°N 83.26111°W |
Date | November 30, 2021 c. 12:51[a] – c. 12:55 p.m.[5] (EST) |
Target | Students and staff at Oxford High School |
Attack type | Mass shooting, school shooting |
Weapons | 9 mm SIG Sauer SP 2022 semi-automatic handgun |
Deaths | 4 |
Injured | 7 |
Motive | Under investigation |
Accused |
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Verdict | Ethan: Pleaded guilty Jennifer: Found guilty x 4 counts |
Convictions | Ethan:
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On November 30, 2021, a gunman opened fire on students at Oxford High School (Michigan).[7] The school is near Detroit, in Michigan.
The gunman killed four people and injured six others. The shooter Ethan Crumbley, is a 15-year-old sophomore student at the school. He was taken into custody. On October 24, 2022, Crumbley plead guilty to all of the charges put against him. [8]
On December 8, 2023, Ethan was sentenced to Life imprisonment without the possibility of Parole, plus 24 years, Ethan’s parents trials are still ongoing.
Incident[change | change source]
Once the shootings happened, the school was plunged into lockdown. Some students were evacuated to a nearby Meijer shop.[9]
At 12:55 PM, police arrived at the school after receiving at least 100 911 calls.[10] The shooter was arrested unharmed, without putting up a fight.[9]
Perpetrator[change | change source]
Ethan Robert Crumbley (born April 28, 2006) in Atlantic Beach, Florida, was identified as the shooter he was taken to the county's detention center and placed under suicide watch,[11] At a young age played first-run shooter games such as Call of Duty and enjoyed horror films.
Behavior before the shooting[change | change source]
In Crumbleys journal he detailed "I want to shoot up my school so badly". [12]
Responses[change | change source]
U.S. Representative Rep. Elissa Slotkin, whose district includes Oxford High School, tweeted about the shooting, calling it a "dark & painful day" for the state.[13]
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ Sources do not agree on the exact time when the shooting started. WDIV-TV and WZZM say the shooting started at 12:51 p.m.[1][2] CNN reported that, according to a prosecutor, the suspect, Ethan Crumbley, was seen with a backpack before 12:51, "then a minute or two later he exited [a] bathroom without the backpack but with a gun in hand".[3] Detroit Free Press and BBC News reported that police received the first 9-1-1 calls at 12:51.[4][5]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Johncox, Cassidy; Hutchinson, Derick (December 5, 2021). "Sunday Read: Everything we know about Oxford High School shooting -- timeline, charges, evidence, more". WDIV-TV. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ↑ "TIMELINE: Here's a look at the events leading up to the deadly Oxford High School shooting". WZZM. December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ↑ Elamroussi, Aya (December 4, 2021). "The shooter 'methodically and deliberately' fired at students. A timeline of a school shooting tragedy". CNN. Archived from the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
- ↑ Moran, Lily Altavena, Liz Shepard, Frank Witsil and Darcie. "4 dead, 7 injured in Oxford High School shooting; suspect is 15-year-old student". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
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- ↑ Sullivan, Becky (December 3, 2021). "Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect are charged with involuntary manslaughter". NPR. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ↑ Press, Caleb Holloway/Associated (November 30, 2021). "Police: 4 dead, 7 injured in Oxford High School shooting in Michigan". WWMT. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ↑ NPR https://www.npr.org/2022/10/25/1131279352/ethan-crumbley-pleads-guilty-to-murdering-4-students-at-a-michigan-school. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
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(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Michigan school shooting: 3 dead, 8 injured after student opens fire - National". Global News. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ↑ "Michigan school shooting: Student kills three and wounds six". BBC News. November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ↑ "Michigan school shooting suspect and his parents put on suicide watch". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
- ↑ "'I wonder how many people I will kill': Inside the journal and mind of Ethan Crumbley". WXYZ 7 Action News Detroit. February 28, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
- ↑ Vales, Leinz; Chowdhury, Maureen; Kurtz, Jason; Wagner, Meg (November 30, 2021). "Michigan lawmaker tweets condolences to school shooting victims from her district". CNN.