The Suspicious Shooter, Daniel Defense, sold a child an assault-style rifle and ammunition in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the parents and their children, including the 10-year-old who was wounded in the attack. The 9-year-old hid in a nearby classroom with other students.
Nineteen children and two teachers were shot to death in Robb Elementary on May 24 by an 18-year-old male student.
“Daniel Defense chooses not to do any studies evaluating the effects of their marketing strategies on the health and well-being of Americans and chose not to look at the cost to families and communities like Uvalde, Texas,” said the complaint.
Days before the shooting, the complaint notes, the Georgia-based company tweeted an image of a toddler holding an assault-style weapon with the caption: “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
The claim says that Firequest International sells its products to untrained people in Uvalde. These types of devices allow semi-automatic rifles to fire quickly.
According to a legal document, the Uvalde school shooter had a clean background check and Oasis Outback sold him the guns and ammunition even knowing he was suspicious and dangerous. “The store owner and his staff did not act on their suspicions and block the purchases or notify law enforcement.”
The shooter legally purchased two rifles at a local federal firearms licensee. Officials say he purchased a number of rounds of ammunition on May 18.
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The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, including Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, the district police chief at the time, and Mandy Gutierrez, the school’s former principal, failed to act and created a dangerous environment for the plaintiffs, according to the lawsuit. The attorney for the man told CNN that he wouldn’t be commenting on the litigation.
UvaldePD retreated and never tried again when they tried to break into the classroom. The scene was still active and active shooter protocol required UvaldePD to continue to pursue the goal of stopping the killings even if it isn’t always possible.
The suit also faults Lt. Mariano Pargas, the city’s acting police chief on the day of the massacre, as well as two other companies, claiming defects in their products were factors in the response to the shooting. Motorola Solutions, Inc.’s radio communications devices, which were used by some first responders, “were defective and unreasonably dangerous because they did not contain adequate warnings or instructions concerning failure during normal use,” said the claim.
Schneider Electric failed to lock the doors as it was intended after being shut, according to lawyers.
Schneider Electric condemns the horrible tragedy in Uvalde, according to Venancio Figueroa III. “We are reviewing this recent filing but cannot comment further on pending litigation.”
Daniel Defense, Oasis Outback, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, FireQuest International, Motorola Solutions, Inc., Pargas and Arredondo have all not responded to CNN request for comment.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/29/us/uvalde-victims-lawsuit-gun-manufacturers-school-district/index.html
A 16-year-old student killed by a manhunt in a Detroit warehouse and his parents had no choice but to plead guilty
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly included an extra plaintiff’s name. That person’s name was removed from the complaint because they were not a party.
A teenager accused of killing four students and wounding seven others at a Michigan high school last year is expected to plead guilty on Monday.
When he was 15, he pleaded not guilty to the charges but is expected to change his plea at a hearing.
The Crumbley parents argued the charges were not justified and they should not be held responsible for their son’s death.
The parents have pleaded not guilty and their lawyers argue in court documents that they are not responsible for the killings their son is accused of committing.
The parents trial was originally scheduled to begin Monday but was delayed last month. Meanwhile, Jennifer and James Crumbley remain in custody at a county jail.
Students and teachers relied on tactics they’d learned in active shooter drills to protect themselves. When the gunfire erupted, frightened students barricaded doors, turned off the lights, and called for help. Some of the children armed themselves with scissors, in case they needed to fight back.
Five other students were in critical condition after the shooting. A verified account and National HEP/CAMP Association says that a student named Guadalupe Huapilla-Pérez is among the wounded.
The mother of the Oxford High School shooter knew of his mental state when her parents bought him the gun, according to new evidence disclosed by Michigan prosecutors.
“You know my biggest fear was that he was gonna turn the gun on himself,” Jennifer Crumbley, his mother, said in the back of the police car after the shooting, according to one filing.
The quote was included in a filing from Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald that opposed the parents’ latest effort to appeal their bond that has kept them behind bars for over a year.
The parents were arrested by prosecutors because they were accused of giving their son easy access to a weapon and ignoring signs he was a threat. The parents were arrested days after the shooting in a Detroit warehouse following a manhunt after they failed to come to court for their initial arraignment.
In the court filings, the prosecution says Jennifer Crumbley told law enforcement she hadn’t looked closely at her son’s disturbing drawings in school the day of the shooting.
However, screenshots of Facebook messages included in the court documents show she expressed concern over the drawings to her husband, saying things like “Call NOW. Emergency,” the court filing states.
The Case of the Crumbleys: Manslaughter in Michigan and a Motion to Order the Case to the Court of Appeals
Prosecutors presented some of the evidence in the case at a preliminary hearing in February, after which a judge ruled there was enough evidence to proceed to trial in January 2023.
The Michigan Supreme Court sent the cases to the Court of Appeals in order to determine whether there was enough evidence to try the defendants on charges of manslaughter. The court’s order was unusual and suggests the judges have concerns about the case, CNN legal analyst Paul Callan said at the time.
The Crumbleys were held on bonds with $500,000 in cash or surety and asked the court to set lower bonds or release them on electronic supervision.
The motion says the prosecution made the Crumbleys sound like they were fleeing before their arrest.
They were found asleep on an air mattress in the studio when they were found and arrested December 4. The Detroit Police chief said at the time that the couple missed a scheduled arraignment and caused a search that ended in their early-morning arrest at an industrial building about 40 miles from Oxford. CNN shot a video of the arrest.
The motion says that the Crumbleys sold their home to pay legal fees as they determined it wouldn’t be safe to stay there. If they are released on bond they have a place to stay.
They argue they are not a threat to the community in part because their son is in custody and all of their guns, including BB guns, were seized by law enforcement.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/us/crumbley-parents-oxford-school-shooting/index.html
The first grade teacher shot in the chest in Virginia had been killed by a 6-year-old, according to the Oakland County Circuit Circuit Circuit
The Oakland County Circuit judge did not have the power to rule on the bond issue because of the pending appeal. The parties in the case are under a gag order, unable to communicate with the press.
Police in Virginia said a six-year-old shot his first- grade teacher on January 6. The teacher is recovering from a gunshot wound to the chest and the school has since reopened with new security measures in place, including metal detectors.
Novah Jones was in a different classroom when an announcement came on saying that they were being locked down. I was scared and hid under my desk just like everybody was, so I didn’t know what to do.
The teacher wounded in Friday’s shooting, whose injury was initially described as life-threatening, was listed in stable condition by Saturday, according to the Newport News Police Department.
The school district and authorities did not name her but her alma mater, James Madison University, did.
The 6-year-old was taken into police custody and wasn’t accidentally shot, the police chief said in a news conference.
Drew said that there was an altercation between the teacher and student who had a gun. A single round was fired and no other students were involved, he added.
Following the shooting, all students at the school were evacuated from their classrooms with their teachers and taken to the gymnasium, where they were with counselors and officers, Drew told CNN affiliate WTKR.
The wake of a student with a gun went off at school: The Newport News elementary school close to the anniversary of the shootings of Monday night
Novah was worried that the man was going to come to her house and she had trouble sleeping that night.
Novah is among a group of children dealing with the aftermath of a shooting at school. The United States has become far more prone to gun violence in the schools than it is in other countries. CNN found that there were at least 60 shootings at K-12 schools in the last five years.
The elementary school will be closed Monday and Tuesday in order to give the community time to heal.
“It is almost impossible to wrap our minds around the fact that a 6 year old 1st grader brought a loaded handgun to school and shot a teacher; however, this is exactly what our community is grappling with today,” Newport News Mayor Phillip D. Jones said in a statement posted on Twitter.
Authorities are “working diligently to get an answer to the question we are all asking – how did this happen? We are also working to ensure the child receives the supports and services he needs as we continue to process what took place,” Jones said.
Three students were dead and five were wounded, some of them critically, at the Michigan State University on Monday, when a man with a gun went on a shooting rampage on the campus, sending frightened students running, barricading in classrooms, or jumping out of windows.
Gathered around a landmark MSU rock bearing the words “Always a Spartan,” thousands of students, faculty, staff and community members came together with flowers to honor the three students killed in Monday night’s mass shooting: Arielle Anderson, Alexandria Verner and Brian Fraser.
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The governor told the crowd that they did not need to live like this. We don’t have to subconsciously go through every room in our house to figure out who we are going to call at the end of the day.
Students who had lived through another mass shooting at a Michigan high school were included in the grieving crowd that governor told was not battlefields.
At Wednesday’s vigil, MSU’s head men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo told the students to allow themselves to show their emotions as they process the tragedy.
The note mentioned the possibility of other school shootings hundreds of miles away in New Jersey. Police there said there was no longer a threat after McRae was found dead.
According to law enforcement officials who have access to the note, a warehouse, an employment agency, a discount store, a church, and a fast-food restaurant are just some of the places where the note states that McRae leads a group of 20 killers.
The businesses listed on the letter were warned that they had been mentioned but there is no real reason for them to be named since the shooter was dead, law enforcement officials said.
While police investigate what connection the shooter may have had to the locations, FBI profilers are analyzing the letter, according to the law enforcement officials. officials said the note did not say why the locations were targets or what grievances they had.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/us/michigan-state-university-mass-shooting-thursday/index.html
The Charge of Michael McRae in Michigan is Classified as a High-Class Class felony and a Misdemeanor
The felony case against him did not go to trial. He was sentenced to a year and a half on parole for possession of a loaded firearm after pleading guilty to the charge in 2019.
A conviction for a low-level crime won’t stop someone from buying a gun. But in Michigan, “the charge under Michigan law is either a low-class felony or high-class misdemeanor,” the state attorney general’s office said.
A law enforcement source stated that McRae would purchase two guns in Michigan in 2021. The source said that there was a Hi-Point 9mm pistol and a Taurus pistol.
Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, told CNN it wasn’t clear if the weapon used in Monday night’s tragedy was legally purchased.
Someone who has mental health issues, someone who just had a gun and doesn’t have to do anything to get it, and something’s gotta change because it’s easy to get a weapon.
The suspect’s father, Michael McRae, told CNN his son became bitter, isolated and “evil angry” after his mother died from a stroke two years ago and “didn’t care about anything no more.”
Michael McRae said that his son began to change after his wife died. He was getting bitter. Emotions are very angry and bitter. So angry. Evil angry … He began to really let himself go. His teeth were falling out. He stopped working on his hair. He looked like a wolf man.”
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/us/michigan-state-university-mass-shooting-thursday/index.html
Michael Fraser, a Michigan State University student killed in mass shootings, and his brother-in-law, Christopher Verner, on Facebook
At Wednesday’s vigil, the speakers honored the three students lost in the shooting. They remembered their happy faces, their kindness, and their sense of humor.
Anderson was studying to become a doctor, her aunt Chandra Davis posted on Instagram. Davis said she was in class, doing what she was supposed to be doing, and yet her life was taken by an individual who didn’t know what he was doing. Parents shouldn’t have to bury their children.
Fraser was president of the Michigan Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta, the fraternity said in a statement. He was a leader and a great friend to his brothers, the Greek community and the people he interacted with on campus, the fraternity said.
And Verner, a graduate of Clawson Public Schools, was “everything you’d want a student to be,” school district Superintendent Billy Shellenbarger said.
The organization said on Facebook that the time away from work will place both an emotional and financial burden on her family.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/us/michigan-state-university-mass-shooting-thursday/index.html
Three Elementary School Students During the Spartan vigil had a Gun in Their Handguns and a Woman in Norristown, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina
There won’t be a return to normal. The event has changed what it will feel like to be here. Kovach said that it was okay. “If there’s one thing I know and love about Spartans is that in times of need we come together.”
State Police provided security for the vigil to allow police to grieve, and said they were all healing together.
A woman and man in Pennsylvania and North Carolina were charged this week, after a six-year-old in each case brought a gun to school, marking at least three times an elementary school student has brought a weapon to campus this year.
In Pennsylvania, a mother in Norristown was arrested after her 6-year-old son brought a gun to Joseph K. Gotwals Elementary School on February 9, prosecutors said.
The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release that Devlin was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment for failing to secure a firearm in her home. It is unclear if Devlin currently has an attorney.
“The backpack was secured by staff on campus and the child was removed from the classroom. There were no threats made with the weapon and it was never displayed by the child,” police said.
Devlin’s bond was set at $50,000 and she’s been ordered to not have contact with children as part of her bond conditions. A preliminary hearing in the case is set for February 24.
In North Carolina, Marvin Ray Davis, 58, was charged with a misdemeanor count of improper storage of a firearm to protect a minor after an unloaded 9 mm handgun was discovered in a 6-year-old’s backpack at Fairview Elementary on Tuesday, according to a news release from the Rocky Mount Police Department.
The student was found in possession of a gun and a school resource officer searched their backpack, the release said.
An appellate court ruling against the case of Christopher Crumbley, a 21-year-old father of a gun, who lived in the same home
Davis is not related to the child but did live in the same home, a department spokesperson told CNN. He will appear in the court on March 1 after he was released on a $4,000 bond.
CNN has tried to contact Davis but it is unclear if he has an attorney. CNN has also reached out to Nash County Public Schools for comment.
The situation should be a wakeup call to all gun owners to keep their guns in a safe place. He stated that the situation was preventable.
In a written opinion filed Thursday, a panel of judges for the state’s appellate court acknowledged the possible precedent-setting nature of this case – holding parents accountable for a child’s crimes – but called the situation unique and unusual.
The defendants worry that this decision could be applied in the future to parents who do not have all the evidence to support their arguments, as the warning signs and evidence here are not as substantial.
The ultimate test that must be applied is that Crumbley was reasonably foreseeable, and that is what the opinion said.
In the opinion, the judges cited text messages from the months before the massacre in which Crumbley told his parents about experiencing paranoia and hallucinations, including his belief that a demon was throwing objects around the house. When his mother didn’t reply, he sent her another message asking, “can you at least text back.” His mother did not text back that day and was riding horses with James at the time, according to the opinion.
Crumbley also told a friend that he believed he was having a mental breakdown and asked his parents for medical help but that his father told him to “suck it up” and his mother laughed, according to the opinion.
In a concurring opinion, Judge Michael Riordan noted that the case was exceptional because of how clear it was that Crumbley was struggling with his mental health and contemplating violence – and the fact that his parents provided him a handgun anyway.
Children should not be deprived of any instrumentality, even if it’s legal to possess and use, because the legal system does not want people punished for subpar, odd, or eccentric parenting. Riordan said that parents do not assume that their children will commit violent crimes. The unusual case is before us. EC was extraordinarily troubled, yet defendants nonetheless provided him with a handgun and, despite having discrete, disturbing evidence that EC contemplated harming others, did nothing when confronted with that evidence.”
A Michigan High School Shooter’s Parents Can Appeal the Decision to the U.S. Supreme Court Against Involuntary Manslaughter
Jennifer and James Crumbley can appeal the decision to Michigan’s Supreme Court, which previously ruled that there appears to be enough evidence to move forward with a trial.
DETROIT — The parents of a teenager who killed four students at a Michigan high school can face trial for involuntary manslaughter, the state appeals court said Thursday in a groundbreaking case of criminal responsibility for the acts of a child.
The murders would not have happened if the parents hadn’t purchased a gun for Ethan Crumbley or if they had taken him home from Oxford High School on the day of the shooting, when staff became alarmed about his extreme drawings, the appeals court said.
The court’s opinion states that the issue is not what the court decides today but whether a jury discovers that causes have been proven after a full trial.
Lawyers for the parents say what would happen that day wasn’t foreseeable. They acknowledge that bad decisions were made but not ones that should rise to involuntary manslaughter charges.
Judge Michael Riordan said parents shouldn’t be hauled to court for “subpar, odd or eccentric” care of their kids. But the evidence against the Crumbleys, he added, is much more serious.
Riordan said that on the morning of the shooting a picture of a corpse with two bullet holes in the torso, and a drawing of a gun resembling the one his parents had recently gifted him, was drawn by EC.
Source: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/1165609752/oxford-high-school-shooter-parents-trial-michigan
Comment on Inappropriate Action against Supersymmetric Cosmic Rays in the Proton” by the Parents and the Michigan Supreme Court
The lawyers for the parents did not comment because of a gag order. The appeals court was told by the Michigan Supreme Court to hear arguments, so they will likely ask that court to review the case.