The nation was again confronted with the recurring tragedy of a school shooting when a 15-year-old sophomore at a Michigan high school killed four of his peers and seriously injured seven others. USA Today says that there have been at least 21 shootings in American schools since August. Keep reading for more on this story and other news. Michigan. As the Detroit Free Press reports, Ethan Crumbley has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder and terrorism after fatally shooting four fellow students at Oxford High School. Rumors of possible violence at the school had been circulating among students prior to the shooting according to some news reports, and Crumbley’s parents were brought in for a face-to-face meeting with school officials on the morning of the incident. The Detroit Free Press report says that Crumbley had made social media posts suggestive of violence, including a post of the handgun he later would use. That gun seemingly had been purchased by Crumbley’s father last Friday, and prosecutors have said they are considering whether to file criminal charges against his parents. At least 60 other schools in Michigan were closed at some point this week because of copycat threats. Rittenhouse Acquitted. Since the last News Roundup there have been developments in several high-profile criminal cases around the country, including the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager who fatally shot two people last summer while acting as a vigilante property guard during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The jury deliberated for four days [...]
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