Family of Mich. School Shooting Victims Speak Out [Video]

The families of the victims killed in the 2021 school shooting in Oxford, Mich., spoke out at a sentencing hearing for James and Jennifer Crumbley — the parents of convicted shooter Ethan Crumbley — who were both convicted of involuntary manslaughter. 

The April 9 hearing featured emotional victim impact statements from the family members, several of whom addressed James and Jennifer directly. On Nov. 30, 2021, the couple’s son shot and killed four students: Hana St. Juliana, 14, Tate Myre, 16, Justin Shilling, 17, and Madisyn Baldwin, 17; and injured seven other people at Oxford High School.

After juries found that the shooter’s parents failed to take actions that could have prevented the shooting, Judge Cheryl Matthews sentenced them each to 10 to 15 years in prison, the maximum they faced. Last year, their son was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to 24 charges, including murder and terrorism.

Nicole Beausoleil, the mother of Madisyn, spoke candidly in front of the court …