Oxford school shooting suspect's mom texted son not to kill himself, lawyers say

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(Detroit Free Press) When Jennifer Crumbley texted her son "Don't do it" on the day of the deadly Oxford High School shooting, she was reaching out to tell him not to kill himself, according to a new court filing.

This detail was disclosed Wednesday in a document seeking a lower bond for Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of the shooting suspect, who are facing involuntary manslaughter charges in a novel case that seeks to hold parents responsible, in part, for a school shooting. The couple are being held on $500,000 cash bonds each. But defense lawyers have asked a judge to reduce each to $100,000 cash, arguing the couple pose no danger to the public and have long ties to the community.

Perhaps most notable is that defense attorneys expressed for the first time how the Crumbleys felt following the shooting, and why the attorneys believe the prosecution will not be able to prove its case, specifically, prove that the Crumbleys knew their son would shoot up his school with a gun they had bought him as an early Christmas present.

"The prosecution will not be able to prove that the Crumbleys ... knew their son was a danger to other students, or that they knew there was a situation that required them to take care to avoid injuring another," defense attorneys Shannon Smith and Mariell Lehman wrote in the filing.

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According to police and the prosecution, Ethan Crumbley was seen in class browsing for ammunition on his cellphone a day before the massacre. The next day, he was found with a note depicting a semiautomatic handgun with the words, "The thoughts won't stop. Help me," and a sketch of someone bleeding.

His parents were summoned, and a meeting with counselors and their son followed. The parents resisted taking him out of school. He was sent back to class with his backpack, which police said they believe contained the gun used in the shootings. .............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2021/12/22/oxford-school-shooting-ethan-crumbley-jennifer-crumbley/8978836002/

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1. So that's her twisted story now?