By Malachi Barrett
Pontiac - Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald (click here) said Oxford High School officials should not have allowed a student who allegedly shot 10 classmates and one teacher return to class after holding a meeting with his parents about drawings of blood-soaked bodies and firearms a teacher found in his possession.
McDonald held a Friday, Dec. 3 press conference to announce involuntary manslaughter charges against James Robert Crumbley and Jennifer Lynn Crumbley, saying they hold partial responsibility for a shooting rampage allegedly carried out by their son. The Oakland prosecutor also addressed the frustration of many in Oxford that school officials did not do enough to pick up on warnings that 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley was planning violence....
This is negligence. The student could have been put on suspension until proper referrals were made to Social Workers for the county and get them services. The child was distrubed and it may have been the household environment. He obviously couldn't handle himself in administering violence to others. What was that all about?
It seems to me the shooter had some serious problems and they were glossed over rather than dealt with to resolve them. This is a really bad reflection on the leadership in that school system.
By Izzy Martin
Flint - A teenage girl (click here) may be facing 40 years in prison after making threats to shoot up Southwestern Classical Academy in Flint.
Prosecutor John Potbury says the 17-year-old was riding the school bus this morning when she recorded a video on her phone with a rap-style message in which threats of shooting up the school “like Oxford” were made and subsequently posted to social media.
The assistant principal at the school was alerted of the incident and reported it to Flint police....
