Ethan Crumbley, who killed four classmates at Oxford High School in Michigan in November 2021 when he was 15 years old, is currently receiving a life sentence for murder.
His mother Jennifer Crumbley, 45, was found guilty in February of this year of four charges of manslaughter, one for each victim, in a historic case.
James Crumbley, 47, was found guilty on Thursday after prosecutors claimed that Ethan’s father was also accountable as he and his wife had given their son the rifle and had disregarded warning indications of aggression.
In a nation where these kinds of events are comparatively regular, the Crumbleys became the first parents to face manslaughter charges following a child’s school shooting.
Due to government studies indicating that 75% of school shooters obtained their firearms from their houses, gun safety experts hope the Crumbley trials will act as a wake-up call for parents to secure weapons in their homes.
