Oxford High School shooting
At 12:51 p.m. on the 30th of November 2021, the first of roughly 100 calls to 9-1-1 came in about Oxford High School in Oxford Township, Michigan. The Oxford High School shooting was over within minutes. Its consequences in courtrooms, in school board offices and across the country lasted for years.
The questions it left behind are unusually specific. What did the adults around a 15-year-old see in the days and weeks before? What did a school with detailed safety training do, and not do? Why were his parents charged with crimes, which is rare in cases like this? And how did a community of hundreds of students and families find a way to stand together afterward?
Oxford High School drilled its staff in a system called ALICE, which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate. It teaches active tactics, such as making noise as a distraction and putting distance between yourself and a gunman. Every door in the building also carried a barrier at its base called Nightlock. The school fitted these in 2017, three years before Michigan law required them.
Rumors of a threatened shooting had been passing among students and parents before the day arrived. Some students stayed home because of them. Earlier in November, vandals had hurled a severed deer head from the school roof into the courtyard. Administrators then wrote to parents saying they had looked into the rumors and found no threat. Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said his own office had heard of no credible threats either.
Surveillance cameras recorded what came next. Ethan Robert Crumbley walked into a bathroom and came out about a minute later holding a semi-automatic handgun. Hundreds of students were crossing the hallway between classes. He began firing there. Then he walked the corridor in a slow, deliberate way, shooting into classrooms and at anyone who had not escaped. Because students and staff reacted fast, he never got inside a classroom.
A voice on the intercom told students there was an active shooter. Teachers locked doors, pushed barricades into place and covered windows, and that convinced students it was no drill. Others heard loud banging first and only then understood that it was gunfire. One student hid in a toilet stall and heard a gun being cocked outside the bathroom. When the building went quiet, he opened the door and found several bodies on the floor.
A deputy serving as the school resource officer, together with a second deputy, arrested Crumbley within two or three minutes of the first responders arriving. He was unharmed. Officials said he still had seven rounds loaded in the gun and two 15-round magazines. Undersheriff Michael McCabe told a news conference that he surrendered without incident. The whole attack lasted about five minutes, in the southern end of the building, and investigators found 32 spent casings.
The school went into lockdown, and some students were taken to a nearby Meijer store. One woman sheltered children in her own house. Authorities swept the building three times, looking for victims and evidence. One student posted a video showing people hiding in a classroom while a voice in the hallway claimed to be law enforcement. The students inside feared the voice belonged to the shooter, so they climbed out through the windows. A deputy then led them to safety. Sheriff Bouchard later said the footage showed Crumbley had never knocked on any door, and that the speaker was probably a detective trying to calm them.
Madisyn Baldwin, 17, Tate Myre, 16, and Hana St. Juliana, 14, were killed at the scene. Reports said Myre was shot while trying to stop the gunman. He died in a police vehicle on the way to the hospital.
Eight other people were wounded, including a teacher. By the night of the attack, three of the wounded were in critical condition, and one of them was on a ventilator. Another was in serious condition and three were stable. The teacher had suffered a graze wound to the shoulder and was discharged after treatment.
On the 1st of December, 17-year-old Justin Shilling died in the hospital from his injuries. The last of the wounded students did not go home until the 17th of January 2022, more than a month after the shooting.
Four days before the shooting, on Black Friday, James Crumbley bought a 9mm SIG Sauer SP 2022 from a local gun shop under his own name. Sheriff Bouchard described the purchase, and Prosecutor Karen McDonald added that Ethan was with his father at the store. She said he posted about the gun on social media that same day. She also said that Jennifer Crumbley, his mother, called the gun his "new Christmas present" in a post. Michigan law bars minors from possessing guns except in limited cases, such as hunting with an adult. It was never made clear how he got the gun into the school.
Ethan Robert Crumbley was born on the 28th of April 2006 in Atlantic Beach, Florida. Both of his parents had minor criminal records from 1995 to 2005, for drunk driving and check fraud. They worked in business development and marketing, and the family later lived in Issaquah, Washington, before moving to Michigan.
In 2014 and 2015, a former neighbor told the Detroit Free Press, the parents often left their son home alone without a phone while they went to bars in downtown Lake Orion. She was worried enough to file an anonymous complaint with the state's child protective services agency. She never learned whether anyone acted on it.
Prosecutors described a darker year in 2021. They said his only friend moved away at the end of October and the family dog died, and that he sank into depression. As early as March, they said, he was sending his mother "disturbing texts about his state of mind" about "demons" and "ghosts" in the home. He allegedly filmed himself torturing animals and making Molotov cocktails, and sketched himself committing a school shooting. He also allegedly kept a baby bird's head in a jar and later left it in a school bathroom. According to prosecutors, his parents never sought therapy for him.
The day before the attack, a teacher saw Crumbley searching for ammunition on his phone and reported it. In a meeting with school officials, he said that he and his mother had recently been to a shooting range and that "shooting sports are a family hobby." Officials left Jennifer Crumbley a voicemail and an email. She did not reply to them, but she did text her son: "LOL I'm not mad at you. You have to learn not to get caught."
On the morning of the shooting, another teacher found a drawing on a math worksheet at his desk. McDonald described it at a press conference. It showed a semiautomatic handgun and the words "The thoughts won't stop. Help me." It also showed a bullet with the words "Blood everywhere," and a figure shot twice, with a laughing emoji below. Other lines read "My life is useless" and "The world is dead." The teacher photographed it, and Crumbley was taken to a guidance counselor's office.
By the time his parents arrived, Crumbley had scribbled over the drawing to hide it. School staff showed it to them and told them to get counseling for their son within 48 hours, or the school would call child protective services. Prosecutors say the parents, though told he showed suicidal thoughts, resisted taking him home. They did not mention the gun bought four days earlier. They left the school at 10:54 a.m. Crumbley went back to class, since he had no disciplinary history. McDonald said that he had already left his weapon somewhere on school grounds.
At 12:38 p.m., his mother texted to ask how he was doing. The shooting started 12 minutes later. Prosecutors say that at 1:22 p.m., seven minutes after the first news reports and before anyone had been named, Jennifer Crumbley texted: "Ethan, don't do it." At 1:37 p.m., James Crumbley phoned 911 to report his handgun missing and said Ethan "could be the gunman at Oxford High."
The superintendent said no discipline had been warranted at the meetings. Sheriff Bouchard said concerns about the boy's behavior had never reached his office. Investigators later searched the Crumbley home and seized a cell phone, a journal and several long guns. The phone held two videos filmed the night before, in which he reportedly talked about plans to kill students. The journal reportedly described his wish to shoot up the school.
On the 1st of December 2021, prosecutors charged Crumbley with terrorism causing death, first-degree murder, assault with intent to murder, and possessing a firearm during a felony. The Associated Press said it appeared to be the first time in US history that a terrorism charge followed gunfire on school grounds. Michigan's terrorism law covers an act meant to intimidate or coerce a civilian population. Here, that population was the Oxford High School community.
A magistrate had first arraigned him on homicide and attempted homicide charges, which kept him in custody without yet treating him as an adult. He was then charged as an adult. Judge Nancy T. Carniak entered a not guilty plea for him and ordered him held without bond at the Oakland County Jail. The court appointed him a lawyer after his parents hired their own. His guardian ad litem asked that he return to the juvenile detention center, since he could hear other adults in jail. Carniak denied the request.
On the 7th of January 2022, Crumbley waived the probable cause hearing and was bound over for trial. On the 26th of January, his lawyers filed notice that he would plead insanity. Then on the 24th of October 2022, he pleaded guilty to every charge and dropped that defense. He admitted that his own money had paid for the gun. He also said the gun had not been locked away on the day of the shooting.
Judge Kwame Rowe decided the question of sentence. On the 29th of September 2023, he ruled that Crumbley was eligible for life without parole. Rowe said Crumbley's youth and his difficulties at home counted as mitigating factors but did not outweigh the seriousness of his crime. He also noted that Crumbley's obsession with violence had continued in jail, where he reached violent material online with a hacked tablet. Because Crumbley was a juvenile, a 2012 Supreme Court ruling, Miller v. Alabama, gave him a hearing on whether he could be considered for parole after at least 25 years.
On the 9th of December 2023, it was announced that Crumbley was sentenced to life without parole, plus an additional 24 years. Just before the sentence, he apologized to the courtroom. He said, "Any sentence that the victims ask for, I ask that you do impose it on me." After he turned 18 on the 28th of April 2024, he was moved to Oaks Correctional Facility in Manistee, Michigan.
On the 7th of June 2024, his appellate lawyers asked to withdraw the guilty plea and for a new sentencing, arguing ineffective assistance of counsel. They said his mother used alcohol during pregnancy, which his earlier defense lawyers never raised. That exposure, they argued, could have caused fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and cognitive impairments, and Rowe had not made sure he understood his plea. On the 19th of December, Rowe rejected both requests. He wrote that the plea was "knowingly, voluntarily, and accurately given and there was no defect in the plea-taking process." On the 6th of May 2025, the Michigan Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal on the plea and also rejected a second appeal against the life sentence.
Right after announcing charges against the boy, Prosecutor Karen McDonald told reporters her office was also weighing charges against his parents. She said responsible gun ownership was essential to preventing tragedy, and that people who were careless with firearms should answer for it. On the 3rd of December, she charged Jennifer and James Crumbley each with four counts of involuntary manslaughter for failing to secure the gun. They were the first parents in the United States charged with responsibility for a mass school shooting by a child.
Hours later, state authorities issued an alert, because the couple had left the Oxford Township area and had not come back to meet their attorneys. The Oakland County Sheriff's Office said the FBI, the US Marshals Service and a local fugitive team were searching for them, though the FBI said it was not involved yet. Their attorneys told the Detroit Free Press that the couple had left town for their own safety and would return for arraignment. Both missed their 4:00 p.m. arraignment.
CNN reported that the couple had withdrawn $4,000 from an ATM in Rochester Hills on the 3rd of December and turned off their phones. Late that day, the Marshals released wanted posters and offered rewards of up to $10,000 each. At about 11:05 p.m., a business owner in Detroit, roughly 40 miles from Oxford, found the couple's vehicle in his parking lot. He saw Jennifer Crumbley, who ran when she was spotted. Police arrived about 20 minutes later and set up a perimeter.
Around 2:00 a.m. on the 4th of December, police found the couple in a first-floor room of a nearby commercial building and took them into custody. Sheriff Bouchard said they were unarmed and very distressed, with no sign they planned to surrender. He said someone had helped them into the building and that charges could follow. That man identified himself through his attorney as an Oakland County resident who ran a business there. He said he did not know the couple was wanted. Police searched his home in Troy and took several digital devices.
The couple was arraigned on the 4th of December, pleaded not guilty and had bail set at $500,000 each. Federal prosecutors began looking into whether federal law was broken when James Crumbley bought the handgun. The parents were held in the same jail as their son. All three were put in isolation under suicide watch, with no contact. At a bond hearing on the 7th of January 2022, the judge sided with prosecutors and refused to lower bond, calling them a flight risk.
They sat in jail for over two years awaiting trial. In early 2024, the judge ordered separate trials, the first set to begin on the 23rd of January 2024. Jennifer Crumbley's trial ended on the 6th of February and James Crumbley's on the 14th of March. Juries found each guilty on all four counts. On the 9th of April 2024, both received the maximum, 15 years in prison with possible parole after 10. Jennifer went to Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility and James to Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility.
On the 2nd of December 2024, Jennifer's new appellate attorneys moved to dismiss the conviction or order a new trial. Their main argument was that prosecutors had not disclosed a confidential proffer agreement with several school officials, as Brady disclosure requires. They also argued that charging her son as an adult while claiming she controlled him as a minor was inconsistent. They said she had no duty to protect the victims, and they challenged the jury instructions and her counsel's performance. James's attorneys filed an appeal in April 2025, citing the same undisclosed agreement. In June 2025, Judge Cheryl Matthews denied both appeals and upheld the convictions.
On the 6th of December 2021, Prosecutor McDonald said school officials had legal grounds to search Crumbley's backpack and locker when concerns arose about him that morning. They never did, and she said the reasons were unclear. She added that charges against school officials were not ruled out. The superintendent of Oxford Community Schools had announced a third-party investigation and promised to recommend a review of the district's "entire system."
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel offered her office for that investigation, and the district declined. It said it would hire an "outside firm" instead. In an interview with WXYZ-TV, Nessel said that choice was inappropriate and doubted the results would be made public. On the 8th of December, she announced that her office would review the school's actions anyway. "I really do think it's incumbent upon the Michigan Department of Attorney General and the top law enforcement official in the state to conduct a further review," she said.
On the 9th of December, multiple survivors filed two $100 million lawsuits against Oxford Community Schools and its employees. At least one said officials ignored warning signs, including threats posted on social media that had reached the school's attention. The next day, a lawyer for two of the survivors asked a judge to order the district to restore and preserve social media pages and other evidence she said it had willfully destroyed. The judge agreed.
On the 14th of December, the district moved to dismiss the original suit. It said the survivors' lawyer had skipped the due diligence that professional rules require and had filed it to "be on the news." It said a one-time dean of students, named as a defendant, had received death threats and suffered severe emotional stress. The district asked that he be removed from the suit and that the lawyer be sanctioned.
On the 8th of January 2022, survivors filed an updated $100 million suit with eleven new counts. It named the principal and other administrators and accused them of "gross negligence." It said officials knew of disturbing posts and Crumbley's tendency toward animal cruelty yet let him stay in school. It also claimed they told teachers and counselors to discourage reports about his behavior.
The superintendent answered on the 19th of January. He said officials had not found out about, or been told of, ammunition Crumbley displayed to others, and did not know of his social media presence. He said all tips sent through the "OK2SAY" line in November 2021 had gone to law enforcement and been investigated. He also said a different student had left the jar with the bird's head in the bathroom. On the 24th of January, the district asked a federal judge to pause the suit until the criminal trials ended.
On the 6th of March 2023, a state judge dismissed the lawsuits against the district and its staff. The judge held that both had immunity from suit and that Crumbley, not the school, was the direct cause of the shooting.
By January 2022, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners had approved more than $3.2 million in resources in response to the shooting. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services offered help to students and families, many of whom were traumatized by losing classmates or seeing bodies on the ground. The district closed its schools for the rest of that week. It reopened with a "soft opening," a law enforcement presence and clinicians on standby. After the holiday break, middle and high school students had to carry clear backpacks, and elementary students had to keep bags in lockers or cubbies. Oxford High School itself stayed closed until the 24th of January 2022, and students attended class in other buildings.
Three prayer services drew hundreds of people on the night of the 30th of November. Visitors left stuffed animals and flowers outside the school. On the 7th of December, a candlelight vigil was held at Michigan State University. An online petition sought to rename the school stadium for Tate Myre. The Michigan Wolverines wore a memorial patch for the first time in the Big Ten Championship Game on the 4th of December. The Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings wore helmet patches in their Week 13 game on the 5th of December. Lions player Jalen Elliott wore an altered version of his No. 42 jersey bearing Myre's name. The recruiting site 247Sports gave Myre an honorary five-star rating, and Michigan State University gave him an honorary offer.
Madisyn Baldwin's family set up a GoFundMe for funeral costs and created a hashtag with her name to mark acts of kindness. Other fundraisers sprang up online, at local businesses and through T-shirt sales to cover medical and funeral bills. Some used the phrase OxfordStrong, which also labeled a township drop box for cards and letters of support. On the 12th of December, the group March for Our Lives held an event in Oxford and shared its experiences with the students.
The day after the attack, copycat threats against Metro Detroit schools led many districts to cancel classes. Bouchard said at least 60 schools were closed. By the 3rd of December, at least 519 schools in 70 districts across Michigan and six other states had closed. McDonald said anyone who threatened school violence in the county would face criminal charges. On the 17th of December, threats spread through social media again, mostly on TikTok, and some schools closed or added police. Many threats were found to lack credibility, and some came from other states. TikTok removed many of the videos and said it was working with law enforcement.
President Joe Biden and US Representative Elissa Slotkin, whose district includes the school, offered condolences. Governor Gretchen Whitmer called gun violence a "public health crisis" and ordered flags in Michigan lowered to half-staff. Democratic legislators in Michigan vowed to push new gun control bills and revive stalled ones. Families from the Sandy Hook shooting voiced solidarity, and Parkland survivors and families said they were outraged and would keep fighting for change. All four major Detroit sports teams, the Lions, Pistons, Tigers and Red Wings, offered condolences.
On the 25th of October 2023, a student at Detroit Catholic Central High School in Novi posted an Instagram story mocking Oxford's soccer team after a 2-0 regional semifinal loss. The post joked about Oxford having shooters, and the school later apologized. In July 2024, it was reported that Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump, had researched Ethan Crumbley and his family beforehand. In that attack, Crooks shot Trump in the right ear and killed a spectator.
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When did the Oxford High School shooting happen?
It happened on the 30th of November 2021 at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, Michigan. The first of roughly 100 calls to 9-1-1 came in at 12:51 p.m.
Who carried out the attack and how was he sentenced?
Ethan Robert Crumbley, a 15-year-old student, carried it out. He pleaded guilty in October 2022, and in December 2023 he was sentenced to life without parole plus an additional 24 years.
Why were his parents charged?
Jennifer and James Crumbley were charged with involuntary manslaughter for failing to secure the handgun used in the shooting. They were convicted on four counts each and sentenced to 15 years, with possible parole after 10.
What happened with the lawsuits against the school district?
Survivors filed $100 million lawsuits against Oxford Community Schools alleging negligence over warning signs. On the 6th of March 2023, a state judge dismissed them, ruling that the district and its staff had immunity and that Crumbley was the direct cause of the shooting.
How did the community respond afterward?
The community held prayer services, vigils and fundraisers, and the phrase OxfordStrong spread. Sports teams wore memorial patches, and the district reopened with clinicians on standby and clear backpacks required.
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- 113Oakland County sheriff says someone helped parents of accused Oxford school shooter evade policeRose White — December 4, 2021
- 114NewsJames and Jennifer Crumbley found in century-old building with rich historyMinnah Arshad — Detroit Free Press — December 4, 2021
- 115NewsSheriff: Police looking to charge person who allegedly helped hide parents of suspected school shooterBrad Dress — December 4, 2021
- 116NewsArtist comes forward about Crumbleys' whereabouts after their capture, lawyer saysHani Barghouthi — The Detroit News — December 5, 2021
- 117NewsMichigan school shooting: Man identifies himself as person accused of helping alleged gunman's parentsSonia Moghe et al. — CNN — December 5, 2021
- 118NewsArtist with ties to building parents of Oxford shooting suspect were arrest in will be questioned by detectivesKayla Clarke — WDIV-TV — December 5, 2021
- 119NewsOxford High School shooting: A look inside the manhunt for the parents of the suspected shooterShawn Ley et al. — WDIV-TV — December 7, 2021
- 120NewsPolice: Someone helped parents of Oxford shooting suspect hide in Detroit buildingCassidy Johncox — WDIV-TV — December 5, 2021
- 121NewsCould parents of Oxford High School shooting suspect face federal charges related to purchase of gun used in shooting?Shawn Ley et al. — WDIV-TV — December 6, 2021
- 122NewsMichigan authorities execute search warrant at the home of the man accused of helping the alleged school gunman's parentsTravis Caldwell et al. — CNN — December 6, 2021
- 123NewsSuspected Oxford High shooter, parents all lodged at same jail but separate, officials sayCassidy Johncox — WDIV-TV — December 5, 2021
- 124NewsDefense gets new bond hearing for parents of Oxford school shooting suspectTresa Baldas — Detroit Free Press — December 14, 2021
- 125NewsJudge rejects James, Jennifer Crumbley request: Jury will see video of your son's rampageJanuary 12, 2024
- 126NewsJury finds Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan school shooter's mother, guilty of manslaughterEd White et al. — February 6, 2024
- 127Father of Michigan school shooter found guilty of manslaughter weeks after mother's convictionEric Levenson et al. — CNN — March 14, 2024
- 129Ethan Crumbley moved to West Michigan prisonApril 29, 2024
- 131NewsMotion hearing held in James Crumbley's request for a new trial11 April 2025
- 132Judge upholds James and Jennifer Crumbley’s convictions11 June 2025
- 133Mass shooting survivors filing $100M lawsuits against Oxford SchoolsRobert Snell — December 9, 2021
- 134NewsOxford school officials destroying evidence in wake of mass shooting, lawyer saysRobert Snell et al. — The Detroit News — December 10, 2021
- 135Oxford school shooting: School district files motion to dismiss $100M lawsuitAudrey Conklin — December 14, 2021
- 136NewsOxford school leaders let Crumbley accelerate 'murderous rampage,' lawsuit claimsRobert Snell — The Detroit News — January 8, 2022
- 137NewsLawsuit says administrators knew Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley was dangerousMinyvonne Burke — January 12, 2022
- 138NewsOxford district blasts Fieger lawsuit in new statement, superintendent disputes multiple claimsLily Altavena et al. — The Detroit Free Press — January 19, 2022
- 139NewsOxford officials clarify rumors about Nov. 30 school shootingJennifer Chambers — The Detroit News — January 19, 2022
- 140NewsOxford schools officials seek to pause $100M mass shooting lawsuitRobert Snell — The Detroit News — January 25, 2022
- 145VideoStudent breaks down after learning classmate died in Michigan school shootingCNN — December 2, 2021
- 147NewsOakland County commission approves $3.2M in response to Oxford shootingKen Haddad — WDIV-TV — January 24, 2022
- 148NewsMichigan school shooting could have been prevented given warning signs, prosecutor saysTravis Caldwell et al. — CNN — December 7, 2021
- 149Oxford will require clear backpacks for middle, high school studentsJennifer Chambers
- 150Clear backpacks required for some students after deadly Michigan school shootingMarlene Lenthang — January 3, 2022
- 151NewsOxford High School reopens nearly 2 months after shootingAssociated Press — January 24, 2022
- 152NewsCommunity gathers to pray for peace in wake of Oxford High School shootingGeorgea Kovanis et al. — Detroit Free Press — November 30, 2021
- 153Pastors offer comfort to Oxford community in wake of shootingMark Hicks — December 1, 2021
- 154NewsMichigan authorities consider charges against the school shooting suspect's parentsScott Neuman — December 2, 2021
- 155NewsVigil held at Michigan State University to honor victims of Oxford High School shootingVictor Williams — WDIV-TV — December 7, 2021
- 156Tate Myre: Students Want to Rename Oxford High School's Stadium After Shooting 'Hero'Ewan Palmer — December 1, 2021
- 157Michigan football to honor Oxford High School shooting victims with jersey patchAaron McMann — December 3, 2021
- 159Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings honor Oxford shooting victims during gameJared Purcell — Michigan Live — December 5, 2021
- 160Tate Myre, Oxford, Running Back247Sports
- 161NewsOxford shooting victim Tate Myre earns honorary five-star statusAllen Trieu — 247Sports — December 31, 2021
- 162Grandmother of Oxford school shooting victim Madisyn Baldwin pleads for help on GoFundMePhoebe Wall Howard — December 1, 2021
- 163Family of Oxford High School shooting victim encourage acts of kindness in her nameNushrat Rahman — December 7, 2021
- 164How to help Oxford High School families: Fundraisers for donations, T-shirts for saleNushrat Rahman — December 2, 2021
- 165Oxford High School booster club offers black-ribbon stickers, T-shirts #OxfordStrongFrank Witsil — December 1, 2021
- 166Oxford shooting survivor home: 'Strongest, bravest, most epic human,' mom saysMark Hicks — December 7, 2021
- 167NewsMarch For Our Lives event in Oxford held to honor the lives lost to the tragic shootingDecember 12, 2021
- 168NewsSchool districts across metro Detroit closed Thursday due to threatsPhoebe Wall Howard — Detroit Free Press — December 1, 2021
- 169News60 Michigan schools close amid 'tidal wave' of copycat threats after Oxford shootingOralandar Brand-Williams et al. — The Detroit News — December 2, 2021
- 170NewsSince Oxford Shooting, At Least 519 Schools Have Closed Nationwide Due to ThreatsKatherine Fung — December 3, 2021
- 171Bouchard: Copycat threats, credible or not, will be chargedNick Mordowanec — December 1, 2021
- 172Nationwide TikTok challenge causes several school districts to take heightened precautionsStephanie Weaver — December 16, 2021
- 173Across the U.S., School Shooting Threats on TikTok Prompt Closures and More PoliceNic Querolo — December 16, 2021
- 174NewsTrump rally shooter researched Michigan mass shooter Ethan Crumbley and his family prior to attackZachary Cohen et al. — 2024-07-19
- 175Biden on school shooting: "My heart goes out to the families that are enduring the unimaginable grief"Maureen Chowdhury — November 30, 2021
- 176Michigan lawmaker tweets condolences to school shooting victims from her districtSarah Boxer — November 30, 2021
- 177News'No one should be afraid to go to school,' Michigan's governor says.Eduardo Medina — November 30, 2021
- 178NewsBiden on shooting: 'My heart goes out to the families enduring unimaginable grief'Melissa Nann Burke — The Detroit News — November 30, 2021
- 179NewsDems renew push for gun-control bills after Oxford shootingDavid Eggert — Associated Press — December 1, 2021
- 181Sandy Hook parents to Oxford families: We understand 'irreparable damage to your heart'Karen Bouffard — December 3, 2021
- 182Parents and victims of Parkland shooting demand change after Oxford High School shootingMarisela Burgos — WSVN — December 1, 2021
- 183'We don't need to waste any more time' Man who lost son in school shooting came to DC without invite to talk to BidenKolbie Satterfield — December 2, 2021
- 184Detroit Red Wings on Oxford shooting: 'It is insane that this is somewhat normal'Helene St. James — November 30, 2021
- 185Detroit Red Wings, Pistons and Tigers react to tragedy at Oxford High SchoolMichael Whitaker — November 30, 2021