The 6-year-old has brought a gun at least three times this year

The Uvalde School Shooter’s Gun allegedly Purchased through a Streak Purchase by a Norristown Man

The parents brought the lawsuit, filed Wednesday, on behalf of themselves and their children, who include: Corina Camacho’s 10-year-old son, identified as “G.M.” in the court document, who was wounded in the attack; Tanisha Rodriguez’s 9-year-old daughter, “G.R.,” who ran from the playground to a classroom to hide when she heard gunshots; Selena Sanchez’s son, “D.J.,” who was headed to the nurse’s office when he saw the gunman shooting toward classrooms. The 9-year-old hid in a classroom.

The Robb Elementary school was the scene of a shooting on May 24 that left 20 people dead, including two teachers.

“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.

The complaint states that the company sent a picture 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 also says Firequest International, Inc., which manufactures accessory trigger systems, similar to illegal bump stocks, sells its products to untrained civilians, young adults and minors in Uvalde. Similar to automatic weapons, these types of devices allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more rapidly.

According to the legal document, Oasis Outback was aware that the Uvalde school shooter was suspicious and dangerous, and sold him the guns and bullets. The store owner did not block the purchases or notify law enforcement because of his suspicions.

According to the statement, Devlin obtained the gun through a straw purchase on March 4, 2022, by a Norristown man. A straw purchase is when someone buys a gun for someone who isn’t eligible to own it.

Uvalde Police Chief Pedro Arredondo and the Principal of a School are charged with Shooting and Missing Emission in a Gunmanufacturers School

The police chief at the time, Pedro Arredondo, and the former principal of the school are accused of creating a dangerous environment in the suit. Gutierrez’s attorney told CNN his client will not be commenting on the pending litigation.

“While Uvalde PD did make an early attempt to breach the classroom, they retreated and never tried again. The claim said the scene remained active and that the primary goal was to stop the killing and the shooter.

The suit claims the police chief, who was acting at the time, and two other companies were to blame for the shooting because of defects in their products. The claim said that the radios used by some first responders were faulty and dangerous because they did not contain proper warnings or instructions on when to stop using them.

Lawyers also say Schneider Electric, the manufacturer of the door locking mechanisms used at the school, “failed to lock as designed after being shut.”

“What happened in Uvalde was an unspeakable tragedy that we condemn in the strongest terms,” Schneider Electric spokesperson Venancio Figueroa III told CNN. We cannot comment on pending litigation while we review this recent filing.

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 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, who is also charged with terrorism, murder, and shooting at a Michigan high school

There was a previous version of the story that included an extra lawsuit’s name. That person is not a party in the complaint and the name has been removed.

A teenager accused of killing four students and wounding seven others at a Michigan high school last year is expected to plead guilty to murder charges Monday, prosecutors said.

The filings stem from the mass shooting at Oxford High School in which Ethan Crumbley, 15 at the time, killed four students and injured six students and a teacher at his high school. He pleaded guilty to terrorism and murder charges and will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.

The charges against the couple have no legal basis and they should not be held responsible for their son’s deaths.

The parents have pleaded not guilty, and their attorneys have argued in court documents the charges have no legal justification and the couple should not be held responsible for the killings their son is accused of committing.

Attorneys for the couple called and left messages for Prosecutor McDonald regarding the Crumbleys. Instead of calling back, Ms. McDonald announced charges at a press conference.” They were waiting for a call back from the prosecutor’s office as to instructions to turn themselves in, the motion says.

Kevin R. Steele, District Attorney of Montgomery County in Pennsylvania, said that it was frightening to see children playing with firearms in a home. Fortunately, these young boys were not in danger at home or at school due to the quick actions of school personnel.

Four students died that day: Tate Myre and Hana St. Juliana were both 14 years old. Six other students and one teacher were injured.

A Michigan prosecutors’ investigation of a mentally-abused boy in a Detroit warehouse shooting: “The thoughts won’t stop helping me”

In recent court documents, Michigan prosecutors say the mother of the Oxford High School shooter knew about his mental problems when the parents bought him a gun.

After the shooting, his mother was afraid that he would turn the gun on himself, according to one filing.

The parents have been in jail for over a year for their latest effort to appeal the bond that kept them behind bars.

In an unusual move, prosecutors arrested his parents and accused them of giving their son easy access to a firearm and disregarding signs he was a threat. Following the shooting in a Detroit warehouse, the parents were arrested after failing to show for their initial court appearance.

On the day of the shooting, school officials held a meeting with James and Jennifer Crumbley after discovering disturbing drawings their son made featuring guns and the words, “The thoughts won’t stop help me.” The school advised the parents to provide counseling to their son within 48 hours. But the parents declined to take their son out of school and he returned to the classroom.

The court documents show that she expressed concern over the drawings to her husband, saying things like “Call NOW”. The court filing said it was an emergency.

Crumbley Parents Against School Shooting: The Case for Involuntary Manslaughter in Michigan After the Collision

A judge decided in February that there was enough evidence to proceed to trial in January of next year.

However, the Michigan Supreme Court delayed the start of the trial and sent the cases to the Court of Appeals to determine “whether there was sufficient evidence of causation to bind the defendants over for trial on the charges of involuntary manslaughter.” CNN legal analyst Paul Callan said at the time that the court order was unusual and suggested the judges had concerns about the case.

James and Jennifer Crumbley, held on bonds each set at $500,000 in cash or surety, filed a motion last week asking the court to set lower bonds or release them on electronic supervision.

The public were rightfully upset and angry and they were threatening and hurting the Crumbleys. Money from their various accounts was needed to help them to stay in touch with their attorneys and to avoid going into banks with identification that they were not, the motion says.

The couple wrote they never tried to flee in the days after the shooting but stayed in-state and retained counsel. They left their home after being warned of dangerous threats and stayed at a friend’s studio to be discreet, since local family wouldn’t let them in out of fear, the motion states.

The Crumbleys sold their home, according to the motion, to pay legal fees and because they determined it would not be safe to stay there due to threats. They have a place to stay if they are released on bond.

They say they are not a threat to the community because their son is in custody, and they have guns that were seized by law enforcement.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/us/crumbley-parents-oxford-school-shooting/index.html

The Virginia Teacher Shooting, a Black Hole, and a Six-Year-Old Student in High School: A Judge Decision to Rule on the Bond Issue

The Oakland County Circuit judge ruled in an order Tuesday that she does not have the jurisdiction 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.

The Virginia shooting of his teacher by a six-year-old in January is concerning. The school has reopened and new security was instituted after the teacher was shot in the chest.

Novah Jones was in a different classroom when she was told to lockdown as she was doing math. “I was scared … it was like my first lockdown and I didn’t know what to do, so I just hid under my desk like everybody was.”

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.

Authorities and the Newport News public school district did not name the teacher, but her alma mater, James Madison University, identified her as Abby Zwerner.

The 6-year-old boy was taken into police custody, Police Chief Steve Drew said in a news conference, adding that “this was not an accidental shooting.”

There had been an altercation between the teacher and the student, who had the firearm, Drew said. There was no other students involved in the firing of the round.

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 Newport News High School Shooting: The Last Call for a Closed Student, Not a Battlefield to Live Like the One that Came

Though she was able to return home safely, Novah said she had trouble sleeping that night, worried that “he still had the gun and he was going to come to my house.”

Novah and others are dealing with the aftermath of a shooting at school. Shootings in US schools, while still rare when compared with other incidents of gun violence, have become far more common than they are in any other country. CNN estimates that there were at least 60 school shootings in the next couple of years.

As the investigation continues, the elementary school will remain closed Monday and Tuesday to give the community “time to heal,” Principal Briana Foster Newton said in a statement.

Newport News Mayor Philip D. Jones made a statement about the shooting, which he said was an example of what the community is dealing with today.

authorities are trying to find an answer to the question of how this happened 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.

According to data from the Gun Violence Archive, the MSU students were Killed in a Mass shooting less than two months into the year.

Jo Kovach said that the university went through unimaginable things in their home. Three beautiful souls who we attended classes with, are friends with and are in clubs with have passed away. Their absence on this campus, and in this world will forever be felt.”

“We shouldn’t have to live like this,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told the crowd. We shouldn’t have to go through the laborious process of figuring out who our last call would be to.

“Our campuses, churches, classrooms and communities should not be battlefields,” the governor told the grieving crowd that included students who had also lived through another mass shooting at a Michigan high school just 15 months ago.

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.

A New Lawsuit Against a New York City Gunman, Murdering Two New York School Shooters, and a Charged Criminally Abusing a Weapon

The note threatened to shoot other schools hundreds of miles away in New Jersey. There was no longer a threat after he was found dead.

A note that claims McRae is leader of a group of 20 killers has a list of other targets, including a church, an employment agency, and a fast food restaurant, according to law enforcement officials who have access to the note.

All the businesses listed on the letter were warned they had been named, but that the gunman was dead and there is no credibility to his claims of being the leader of any team, 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. The note doesn’t say why the locations are targets or list grievances, officials said.

McRae was previously charged with carrying a concealed weapon – a felony count that would have prevented him from being able to buy a gun if he were convicted.

Nessel stated that Michigan doesn’t have universal background checks. A person’s ability to possess a gun, own a gun, and come into contact with a weapon are not subject to legislation.

McRae then went on to purchase two guns in 2021 in Michigan, a law enforcement source said. According to the source, there was a Hi-Point 9mm pistol and a Taurus pistol.

Dana Nessel told CNN that it was not clear yet if the weapon used in the tragedy was purchased legally or not.

The person who had a mental health issue and was having illegally possessed a gun needed to get a weapon, even though it was hard for them to do so.

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.”

“Ever since my wife died, my son began to change,” Michael McRae said. “He was getting more and more bitter. I was angry and bitter. So angry. Evil angry … He began to really let himself go. His teeth were falling out. He stopped cutting his hair. He looked like a predator.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/us/michigan-state-university-mass-shooting-thursday/index.html

The Three Students Losed in the Mass Shooting: An Instagram Story about a Student Shepheid and a Trapped Hero

At Wednesday’s vigil, the speakers honored the three students lost in the shooting. They looked at the smiles, the kindness, the sense of humor, and the dreams they had.

Anderson was studying to become a doctor, her aunt Chandra Davis posted on Instagram. “How is it that she was in class doing what she was supposed to be doing and yet and still her life was taken by a coward who clearly didn’t understand the devastation he was about to cause my entire family,” Davis wrote. 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 time away from work for her family, the long recovery road ahead, and the subsequent medical expenses to care for Guadalupe, will place both an emotional and financial a burden on her family,” the organization said on Facebook.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/us/michigan-state-university-mass-shooting-thursday/index.html

Two students charged with improper storage of a firearm for allegedly shooting a six-year-old student in Newport News, Va, at a school

“There will never be a return to normal. The event has changed what that will feel like to us. But that’s okay,” Kovach said. “If there’s one thing I know and love about Spartans is that in times of need we come together.”

Michigan State Police provided security to allow the police to grieve, so we are all healing together.

A woman in Pennsylvania and a man in North Carolina were charged this week after a six-year-old in each case brought a gun to school, officials said, marking at least three times an elementary school student has brought a weapon to campus this year, including when a six-year-old allegedly shot his teacher in Newport News, Virginia, last month.

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 there are charges of felony endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment against her for failing to secure a firearm. It is unclear if Devlin currently has an attorney.

The backpack was secured by staff on the campus, and the child was removed from the classroom. Police said there were no threats made with the weapon and it was never displayed by the child.

She was ordered to not have contact with kids as part of her bond conditions. A preliminary hearing in the case is set for February 24.

Marvin Ray Davis, 58, from North Carolina, was charged with a count of improper storage of a firearm to protect a minor after a 9mm handgun was found in a 6-year-old’s backpack.

A school resource officer searched the child’s backpack after being notified by administrators that a student was in possession of a firearm, the release said.

The Case of James D. Crumbley: A Small Angular Moment of Parenting for a Child and a Gun in a Family

A department spokesman tells CNN that Davis did live in the same house, but he is not related to the child. He was issued a $4,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Rocky Mount Court on March 1, the release said.

It’s unclear if Davis has an attorney and CNN has made several attempts to contact him. CNN reached out to Nash County Public Schools.

“The situation … should be a reminder to all gun owners to secure their weapons in a safe manner so that minors cannot possess them,” Rocky Mount Police Chief Robert Hassell said. “This was a preventable situation,” he added.

The situation is unique and unusual, and a panel of judges for the state’s appellate court acknowledged that in a written opinion filed Thursday.

We share defendants concern that this decision may be applied in the future to parents whose situation is not as closely tied together as they are here, and that the warning signs and evidence were not as substantial as they are here.

The opinion said that those concerns are “significantly diminished” by the fact that Crumbley’s actions “were reasonably foreseeable, and that is the ultimate test that must be applied.”

The judges cited text messages in which Crumbley told his parents about paranoia and a belief that a demon was throwing objects around their house as reasons for the opinion. He contacted his mother and asked if she could at least text back. The opinion says that his mother was riding horses with James at the time he did not text back.

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.

Judge Michael Riordan noted in his opinion that the case was extraordinary due to the fact that Crumbley’s parents provided him a handgun even though they knew he had mental health issues.

We don’t have to criminal punish people for subpar, odd, or eccentric parenting, or that children be deprived of any instrumentality that is legal to possess. Riordan wrote that he believes parents don’t think their children will commit violent crimes. There is an unusual case before us. Even though EC was troubled, defendants still provided him a handgun, and didn’t do anything about it when confronted with evidence that he contemplated harming others.

An appeals court ruling Thursday that the parents of the teenager who shot and killed four students at a high school can appeal the decision without a lawyer

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that there was enough evidence to move forward with a trial, meaning that the Crumbleys can appeal the decision.

A Michigan appeals court ruled Thursday that the parents of the teenager who shot and killed four students at a high school can be charged with criminally negligent 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 said in an opinion that the issue is different from what we decide today.

Attorneys for the parents insist that what would happen that day was not foreseeable. They accept that bad decisions should not be charged with manslaughter.

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 the morning of the shooting, EC drew a picture of a body with two bullet holes in the torso, which was near another drawing of a gun that his parents had recently gifted to him.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/1165609752/oxford-high-school-shooter-parents-trial-michigan

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The parents’ lawyers did not comment on Thursday. They’ll likely ask the Michigan Supreme Court to review the case, particularly because that court had ordered the appeals court to hear arguments.