Parents face jail for son's deadly school shooting
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Summary
James and Jennifer Crumbley will be sentenced in connection to a deadly gun attack by their son in 2021 at Oxford High School in the US state of Michigan
It is a landmark case, as the parents are the first to be held responsible for a school shooting carried out by their child
Their son Ethan, who was 15 at the time, killed four students and injured seven others. He is serving life in prison without parole
He shot dead Tate Myre, 16; Hana St Juliana, 14; Madisyn Baldwin, 17; and Justin Shilling, 17.
His mother and father were both found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter and could each face up to 15 years in prison
Prosecutors said the Crumbleys failed to spot warning signs in their son, and had bought him the weapon he used in the shooting