A judge is deciding if Ethan Crumbley can be sentenced to life without parole for the Oxford High School shooting.
The Oxford High School shooter was in court on Thursday where a judge will hear arguments and from witnesses about whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison.
"This hearing is the most important legal proceeding of everyone here in this courtroom," McDonald said. "Everyone is in this courtroom because he decided to kill four other people and take their lives instead of his own."McDonald cites who was killed and how it was done, saying that Ethan took joy in his actions.
"The court has to consider mitigating circumstances. Those are chronological age, financial and home environment, circumstances of the crimes – not facts, circumstances – incompetency associated with youth, and the possibility of rehabilitation," Loftin. On page 22, Willis testified, Crumbley said he wanted to shoot up the school and was going to buy a 9 mm pistol. That was in early November. By the end of November, his parents bought him a 9 mm Sig Sauer, which was used in the shooting."He has some knowledge, it appears, on how to handle firearms," Willis said his finger was outside the guard and had lined up the sights appropriately.
Keates then showed video from the shooting range from four days before the shooting, which showed Crumbley loading the gun in the range and firing multiple rounds. Willis said this is evidence that Crumbley knew what he was doing, despite having just gotten the gun recently. The first to fire that day was Ethan with the Kel Tech gun. On the video, nobody showed him how to fire that day as well – and Willis said it appears he was confident in his shooting.
He also googled maximum sentences in Michigan, legal age of prison sentencing, Michigan youth correctional facility, what prisons are in the state, has anyone been executed in Michigan, which states have the death penalty, a search regarding another shooter being sentenced to death, and maximum death penalty – all a week before the shooting.
During cross-examination, Loftin honed in on the parenting of James and Jennifer. She questioned Willis about previous run-ins between the Crumbley parents and neighbors. Including neighbors who reported a lot of swearing, yelling, and Ethan being left home alone when a young child. Loftin then pivoted to the parents – including how James and Jennifer discussed parenting their son, including that there were not any messages about noticing Ethan was more sad lately – even during a meeting with the school on the day of the shooting.During that meeting, the parents declined to take Ethan home and both said they needed to return to work. "I don't recall any," Willis said.
Wagrowski detailed arriving to the chaotic scene and collecting information from people from the school then discussed what happened when he reviewed video of the shooting. He went on to say that no one safe and that people were brainwashed and that his shooting was for a cause. She said noticed the gun didn't have an orange tip, which told her the gun was real. She said she jumped to her right because she believed she was going to be shot.
" 20 minutes, I would say," she said. "I texted the teacher next door to me and said ‘I’ve been shot'. She called 911 and there was another teacher in that room who texted our administration." "He was aiming to kill me," she said. "The top shot was intended for my head and the two bottom shots were intended for my chest."
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Judge deciding if Ethan Crumbley should get life without parole for Oxford High School shootingA judge is deciding if Ethan Crumbley can be sentenced to life without parole for the Oxford High School shooting.
Read more »
WATCH: Judge deciding if Ethan Crumbley should get life without parole for Oxford High School shootingA judge is deciding if Ethan Crumbley can be sentenced to life without parole for the Oxford High School shooting.
Read more »
Ethan Crumbley Miller hearing: Oxford High School shooter due in court for life without parole reviewA judge will consider factors such as Crumbley's age, life circumstances, and crime circumstances before deciding if the teen can be sentenced to life without parole.
Read more »
Ethan Crumbley's journal, search history show thorough planning of Oxford High School shootingIn his journal, Crumbley planned the shooting, discussed his future in prison, shared a glimpse of his mental health and home life, and detailed other violent tendencies.
Read more »
School Shooter Ethan Crumbley’s Chilling Journal, Texts Reveal His Twisted Fantasies“The first victim has to be a pretty girl with a future so she can suffer just like me,” he wrote in one journal entry.
Read more »
Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley looked up torture site on jail tablet 3 months after guilty pleaAlmost a year-and-a-half after the Oxford High School shooting, Ethan Crumbley was caught illegally accessing a website known to show murder, torture, and more violent content on a jail-issued tablet.
Read more »