The student who is accused of carrying out a deadly attack at a high school in Michigan last year, in which four other students were killed and seven other people were injured, is expected to enter a guilty plea on Monday to a number of felony charges, including murder and terrorism, according to the prosecutor who is handling the case, who stated on Friday that the student would likely enter the plea.
Ethan Crumbley, who is now 16 years old, is accused of using a 9 millimetre handgun that was purchased for him by his parents as an early Christmas present. His parents are currently facing charges of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the rampage that took place on November 30 at Oxford High School in Oxford, Michigan.
This is not a typical occurrence for a number of reasons. It is anticipated that Mr. Crumbley will enter a guilty plea on Monday. If this occurs, he would be the first defendant in a school shooting in the United States to be convicted guilty of terrorism.
Karen D. McDonald, the prosecutor for Oakland County, has said in interviews that she filed the uncommon terrorism charge to address the harm caused to individuals who were not killed or wounded by the incident.
The trial of the suspect’s parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, is also an extremely uncommon incident in which parents stand accused of actions that lead to a school shooting. In addition to assisting him in obtaining a firearm, the authorities claim that the parents disregarded alarming warning indications, such as a distressing sketch that he had drawn that depicted violent imagery and a cry for assistance only a few hours before the massacre. The parents have entered not guilty pleas in the case.
The state of Michigan does not have the death penalty, and it is very rare to sentence a youngster to life in prison. On the other hand, Mr. Williams said that there had been no attempt to negotiate a plea bargain with Mr. Crumbley.
A lawyer named Ven Johnson who represents numerous families connected to Oxford High School, including the families of the surviving pupils of two kids who passed away, said that the families will not be speaking until Monday.
Mr. Johnson is the attorney for Tate Myre, who is 16 years old, and Justin Shilling, who is 17 years old. Madisyn Baldwin, who was 17 years old, and Hana St. Juliana, who was 14 years old, were the two additional kids who were killed in the incident. In addition to those killed, seven other persons, including six pupils and one teacher, suffered injuries as a result of the tragedy.
Mr. Johnson said that some of his customers were the families of other children who had been severely affected by the events that transpired on that particular day. The trial for James and Jennifer Crumbley, whose attorneys have said that they want Ethan to testify on behalf of his parents, had been set to take place this month, but it has been postponed until the next month.
After the parents failed to turn themselves in throughout the month of December, an extensive search was conducted to find them. They were detained by the police at a business facility in the city of Detroit, which is where the authorities believed they were hiding.
During the preliminary hearings in their case, a guidance counsellor testified that he had called the couple to school the morning of the shooting and urged them to seek counselling for their son, who had been discovered in class with drawings of a gun, a bloody figure, and the words “help me” and “my life is useless.” The guidance counsellor also testified that he had called the couple to school the morning of the shooting and urged them to seek counselling for their son.
The Crumbleys decided against taking Ethan home with them on that particular day. In the latter part of the day, he retrieved his rifle from the rucksack he was carrying.
