According to Oxford High School officials, Ethan Crumbley claimed that his drawing of a gun and blood was only part of a video game design. And the school counselors did not believe he might harm others based on his “behavior, responses and demeanor,” so they let him return to class.
McDonald claims that any parent should have known the child was at risk.
“They knew that their son was depressed, that he was fascinated with guns … that he had been researching ammunition while at a school. And that he was seen watching violent videos of shootings that morning,” the prosecutor wrote in her filing. “Before they left school that day, they had also seen the disturbing drawings.”
“All they had to do was tell the school that they recently purchased a gun for their son, and asked him where the gun was, open his backpack, or just take him home,” McDonald argued in Thursday’s filing.
The defense says parents are innocent
Defense attorneys are saying the parents had no way of knowing their son would create mayhem that day.
