Jury Finds Mother of Michigan School Shooter GUILTY of Four Counts of Involuntary Manslaughter

A jury has found Jennifer Crumbley guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of four students who were shot and killed by her son, Ethan Crumbley.

Ethan Crumbley was 15 years old when he killed 17-year-old Madisyn Baldwin, 16-year-old Tate Myre, 17-year-old Justin Shilling, and 14-year-old Hana St. Juliana, as well as wounding six other students and a teacher at Oxford High School in Michigan. He was charged with 24 separate crimes (including murder, attempted murder, and terrorism), pled guilty last October to all charges, and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in December.

Ethan’s parents, Jennifer and James Crumbley, were charged for their alleged roles in not preventing the mass shooting (James Crumbley is being tried separately). As Law&Crime reported:

According to prosecutors, Jennifer Crumbley was the last person in possession of the weapon her son used to carry out the attack — a handgun she had described on social media as her son’s Christmas present days prior. They also alleged that she didn’t take reasonable steps to stop the rampage and find care for her son.

According to prosecutors, James and Jennifer Crumbley knew their son was troubled — and had been called to the school the day of the shooting after teachers discovered disturbing and violent drawings he had made in a math workbook. The parents ultimately left the school after meeting with school officials and their son, while Ethan Crumbley stayed behind…

In closing arguments on Friday, prosecutors told jurors that it would not have taken much for Jennifer Crumbley to stop her son from carrying out the shooting.

“Ordinary care [means] what [is] the tragically smallest thing she could have done to prevent this?” Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald asked the jury before offering several examples.

“[T]he tragic part about it is none of it was hard,” McDonald later said. “None of it. The smallest thing, just the smallest thing could have saved Hana, Tate, Justin, and Madisyn. The smallest of things.”

Jennifer Crumbley’s trial lasted ten days and the jury deliberated for nearly 11 hours. As the jury foreperson read each guilty count, she sat quietly next to her defense attorney but did not appear to say anything.

Jennifer Crumbley’s sentencing is scheduled for April 9. Under Michigan law, involuntary manslaughter is a felony and punishable by up to 15 years in prison. James Crumbley’s trial is set for March 5.

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This is a breaking news story and has been updated with additional information.