They did not pull the trigger, but the parents of teenage Michigan school shooter will spend at least 10 years in prison for not preventing the shooting deaths of four students.
On Tuesday, a Michigan judge sentenced Jennifer and James Crumbley for not doing enough to help their son before he opened fire at his high school in 2021, per the Associated Press.
The Crumbleys are the first parents convicted in a mass school shooting in the U.S, according to the outlet. They were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for failing to secure a gun in their home and failing to give their son mental health help.
They were tried separately.
Their son Ethan Crumbley was 15 on Nov. 30, 2021, when he “drew dark images of a gun, a bullet and a wounded man on a math assignment, accompanied by despondent phrases,” according to the AP.
After a brief meeting between the staff at Oxford High School and the Crumbleys, Ethan stayed in…
