Four students were killed in the 2021 school shooting.
James Crumbley, father of Ethan Crumbley, waits for the jury to enter the courtroom after they reached a verdict, on March 14, 2023, in Oxford, Michigan.over his role in his son's 2021 school shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan.
"We have maintained since November 30, 2021, that James did not know that his son could or would harm anyone or that he had obtained the means to do so. James feels terrible about what happened that day to Hana St. Juliana, Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre, Justin Shilling, and the many others affected. We are obviously disappointed with the outcome and also understand that the jury had a very difficult task in front of them," Lehman's statement read.
The Crumbleys represent a rare case of parents being charged in connection with a shooting carried out by their child."This verdict does not bring back their children, but it does mark a moment of accountability and will hopefully be another step to address and end and prevent gun violence," Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald, whose office prosecuted the case, said at a press briefing Thursday night. "There were egregious facts in this case.
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