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Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald gives closing arguments in the manslaughter prosecution of Jennifer Crumbley, mother of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, as Oakland County Circuit Judge Cheryl Matthews looks on. Inset: Jennifer Crumbley testifies under cross-examination from prosecutors. (Screengrabs via Law&Crime.)

The groundbreaking case against a mother whose son killed four teenagers during a horrific school shooting has gone to the jury.

Jennifer Crumbley is facing manslaughter charges in the deaths of Tate Myre, 16, Hana St. Juliana, 14, Madisyn Baldwin, 17, and Justin Shilling, 17, who were killed when her son, Ethan Crumbley, then 15, opened fire on his classmates on Nov. 30, 2021. According to prosecutors, Jennifer Crumbley was the last person to be 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, however, the Crumbleys 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.

Arrest warrants were issued for Jennifer Crumbley and James Crumbley, her husband and Ethan Crumbley’s father, who is also charged with manslaughter, after the shooting. They appeared to have attempted to evade apprehension by the police but were eventually found hiding in a building near downtown Detroit, around 30 minutes away from Oakland.

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. “Stopped at home on the way back from the meeting [at her son’s school] to see where the gone was. [But she] drove right by her house. She could have stopped by after her meeting. She could have locked the gun. She could have taken him home. She could have taken him to work. He could have gone with his dad — he was DoorDashing.”

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