Update (Dec. 14, 2021): A day after Oxford High School shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley appeared in court, his parents did the same Tuesday. The video above shows both hearings. At the parents’ hearing, Judge Julie Nicholson granted a request to postpone a key hearing in determining whether or not James and Jennifer Crumbley will go to trial on involuntary manslaughter charges. Prosecutor Karen McDonald asked for the request, saying she needs more time to collect evidence from investigators and share it with the defense.

“We have police narratives, we have digital evidence, we have video evidence,” McDonald said Tuesday. “We have viewed a lot of it, certainly enough to establish charges here. But there’s also more investigation that needs to be done.”

That key hearing has now been scheduled for Feb. 8.

Update (Dec. 13, 2021): Oakland County District Judge Nancy Carniak denied a request to move the 15-year-old suspect in the shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan to a juvenile facility. She did agree the adult jail Ethan Crumbley is currently being held needs to ensure he can’t hear or see grown-up inmates. The video above shows scene from a Monday court hearing.

Crumbley’s attorney Paulette Loftin argued his lack of criminal history should allow him to be moved to a juvenile facility. Loftin called the Michigan high school shooting an “isolated incident”.

“I honestly do not believe that my client should be considered a menace to other juveniles,” Loftin said Monday. “This is someone who has never been in trouble before.”

Oakland County Prosecutor Marc Keast took exception to the term “isolated incident” being used to describe the shooting, saying it “quite frankly, does not do it justice.”

“This was a mass murder at a school, Judge. This was planned. It was premeditated,” Keast said. “The evidence that we have and that we discussed at the arraignment showed it was premeditated for a period of time before it was commenced.”

Crumbley’s next hearing is set for Jan. 7.

Update (Dec. 3, 2021): A prosecutor filed involuntary manslaughter charges Friday against the parents of a 15-year-old suspect accused of killing four students and wounding seven other people in a shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan. James and Jennifer Crumbley were charged with four counts each of involuntary manslaughter.

“The parents were the only individuals in the position to know the access to weapons,” Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald said Thursday. The gun “seems to have been just freely available to that individual.”

Authorities have said Ethan Crumbley opened fire shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday at Oxford High School, roughly 30 miles north of Detroit. Seven students and a teacher were shot before Crumbley surrendered to sheriff’s deputies.

Three of the students died Tuesday. The fourth died Wednesday at a hospital.

The semi-automatic gun used in the shooting was purchased legally by Crumbley’s father last week, according to investigators.

Ethan Crumbley has been charged as an adult with two dozen crimes, including murder, attempted murder and terrorism.

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