The mother of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley is shifting the blame to her husband for giving their son access to the weapons used in the massacre — and said she wishes “he would have killed us instead.”
Jennifer Crumbley testified in her unprecedented involuntary manslaughter trial Thursday that she had nothing to do with buying or keeping the 9mm handgun, and that her husband, James — with whom she cheated on a fire captain — was responsible for the gun’s safety. . and maintenance in their home.
“I just don’t feel comfortable being responsible for that. That’s his business,” he told the jurors. “I don’t feel comfortable putting a lock on it.”
Crumbley said James and Ethan bought the firearm together on Black Friday while he was out shopping alone. Their son was only 15 years old at the time.
Asked if he objected to the purchase, Crumbley said, “No.”
“I’m more angry that they cut our Christmas tree time,” he explained. “I usually cut my Christmas tree after I get home from shopping, but I had to wait for it, so I was annoyed.”
Ethan later invited his mom to go to the shooting range with him — and Jennifer posted pictures of the outing on social media.
Jennifer Crumbley testified in court Thursday that her husband, James, was responsible for gun safety in their home. AP
In court, she described her mother-daughter visit as a “fun day” — and said she was flattered that Ethan had asked her to go with him, instead of his dad, who was busy making DoorDash deliveries.
But he otherwise denied having anything to do with the gun, which was kept in a locked box with the key kept in a beer stein.
“I’ve asked myself if I would have done something different. I wouldn’t have. I wish he would have killed us instead,” Jennifer said, referring to her son who shot dead four students.
Ethan Crumbley, 17, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the shooting deaths of four students in 2021. AP
Jennifer, who faces up to 60 years in prison if convicted, stopped short of calling herself a victim, saying she didn’t “want to disrespect the families who are really victims in this.”
But he lamented that he and his family “did lose a lot.”
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“You lose everything,” defense attorney Shannon Smith said.
“We did,” Jennifer agreed.
James and Jennifer Crumbley are the first parents in the US to be charged in connection with a mass shooting committed by their child. AP
Jennifer, 45, and her husband James, 47, are accused of making the gun accessible at home and not addressing their child’s mental health issues.
They are the first parents in the US to be charged in a mass school shooting committed by their child.
Ethan Crumbley, now 17, was sentenced in December to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing four students and injuring six others and a teacher at Oxford High School on November 30, 2021.
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