Ethan Crumbley: Oxford High School shooting

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Ethan Crumbley: Groomed for violence
by Staff Writer - , 2021


On November 30, 2021 at Oxford High School in Oxford, Michigan, 15-year-old sophomore Ethan Crumbley is reported to have opened fire with a Sig Sauer 9mm semiautomatic handgun killing four students and injuring seven others, including one teacher. The school's surveillance footage reportedly showed Ethan entering a bathroom with his backpack and then coming out approximately a minute later with a handgun. He is then said to have started firing at students in the hallway as well as shot his gun into classrooms at students. Ethan was arrested by a deputy assigned as a "school resource officer" and a second officer who had responded to the scene. He allegedly still had seven rounds of ammunition loaded into his gun and two extra 15-round magazines when he was taken into custody. He was unharmed and appears to have given up without a fight.

Ethan was arraigned by a magistrate on homicide and attempted homicide charges shortly after he was arrested, to allow for continued custody. On December 1, he was charged with terrorism causing death, as well as:

  • One count of terrorism causing death
  • Four counts of first-degree murder
  • Seven counts of assault with intent to murder
  • 12 counts of possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony

He was charged as an adult and ordered to be held without bond at the Oakland County Jail.

Now people are asking, how could this happen? Ethan's family previously lived in Jacksonville prior to moving to Michigan with his parents James and Jennifer Crumbley. Eli Crumbley (age 18), the older half-brother of Ethan said: "The Ethan I knew was just a smart boy who just seemed like an average kid. There was nothing that ever stood out to me. He'd never get suspended from school, or detention". Eli told the Daily Mail that he had issues with his stepmom that prompted him to abruptly move back to Florida to live with his biological mother last March. His half-brother Eli stated that Ethan wasn't ever bullied as a child and the school has no record of the Ethan being bullied. However, at lease four of his peers at the High School paint a different story and say he was being bullied and picked on (see video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSSeODF1AcI).

The gun was reportedly purchased by the shooter’s father on Black Friday, Nov. 26.