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Michigan High School Shooter To Pursue Insanity Defence

Michigan High School Shooter To Pursue Insanity Defence

You all remember Ethan Crumbley? The Oxford high school shooting suspect who is charged with killing four people and wounding seven others in a Michigan high school shooting, he is said to pursue insanity defense in court.

His lawyers revealed this in a notice filed today as Ethan Crumbley, his parents and school officials faced a new lawsuit over the attack at Oxford High School.

 

The document, filed Thursday in an Oakland County Circuit Court, states that Crumbley “intends to assert the defense of insanity at the time of the alleged offense and gives notice of his intention to claim such a defense.”

The Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office said the plea is “procedural” and will allow for Crumbley, 15, “to get a psychological evaluation, which has not yet been done.”

Crumbley, a sophomore at Oxford High School, is accused of opening fire just before 1 p.m. on Nov. 30 after he left a bathroom. Students Hana St. Juliana, 14; Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Tate Myre, 16; and Justin Shilling, 17, were killed.

Seven others, including a teacher, were wounded.

Authorities charged Crumbley as an adult with murder and other crimes. He had previously pleaded not guilty to all charges.

His parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, were also charged with four counts each of involuntary manslaughter. They are accused of making a gun accessible to their son and refusing to take him home after a meeting before the shooting. They have also pleaded not guilty.

Several lawsuits have been filed in the wake of the tragedy. On Thursday, the parents of victim Tate Myre and the parents of other students who witnessed the shooting filed a suit naming Oxford High School’s dean of students, two counselors and three unidentified teachers as defendants.

Crumbley and his parents are also named as defendants.

The complaint alleges that they were negligent in their handling of “concerning, strange and bizarre behavior” displayed by Crumbley before the shooting.

According to Association Press, Attorneys and representatives for the defendants could not immediately be reached on Thursday. A federal lawsuit filed in early December that was amended this month alleges that the Oxford Community School District, the high school’s principal, and several others knew Crumbley was dangerous before the shooting.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Michigan, accuses the defendants of “gross negligence” and alleges that their actions caused “serious and permanent physical and emotional trauma.” The suit seeks $100 million in damages. An attorney representing the school and its employees previously said they were not focused on “pursuing this lawsuit at this time.”

“Our interest and priority is to recover from this tragedy,” the lawyer, Timothy Mullins, said.

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