Oxford School Officials Keep Digging Themselves In Deeper, Superintendent Was Reportedly Warned About Crumbley Weeks Ahead Of Tragedy, But Said There Was “Absolutely No Threat”

It just keeps getting worse.


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As we reported recently, one of the injured students from the Oxford High School shooting, along with her family, is lodging a $100 million lawsuit against school officials for not doing everything they could have and should have done to keep Oxford High students safe from Ethan Crumbley, given all they knew about the 15-year-old’s increasingly alarming behaviors and obsessions.

But things get even worse for officials in the Oxford school district as the lawsuit, as reported by Business Insider, now reveals that the superintendent of Oxford schools told district parents that there was “absolutely no threat” at Oxford High school, following multiple reports to school officials from concerned parents regarding numerous, violent social media posts hailing from the suspected shooter, Ethan Crumbley, just a few short weeks before he opened fir at Oxford High School, killing 4 students and injuring another 7.

According to the lawsuit, Superintendent Timothy Throne then went so far as to speak over the loudspeaker in the high school, warning students to “stop spreading information over social media and to stop relying on information on social media,” adding that there was no threat to the school.

The lawsuit, filed by 17-year-old shooting survivor Riley Franz (who was shot in the neck by Crumbley) and her family, alleges that students and parents alike had serious, growing concerns in the weeks leading up to the shooting. According to the lawsuit, parents and students began to worry when a 12-year-old student at the high school (Ethan Crumbley) began to post “countdowns and threats of bodily harm, including death, on his social media accounts.”

The suit notes that parents began to warn school officials, including the superintendent and the school principal, about the violent and worrisome social media posts as early as the 16th of November. It goes on to claim that the school allegedly investigated said social media posts and proceeded to send an email to parents, writing, “there is absolutely no threat at the HS…large assumptions were made from a few social media posts, then the assumptions evolved into exaggerated rumors.” The superintendent went so far as to follow up on his widespread email to parents, doubling down on his assertion that there was absolutely no threat to the school.

In the weeks leading up to the fatal shooting, Crumbley allegedly posted warnings of “violent tendencies and murderous ideology.”

In spite of all these warnings and clear signs of impending danger, Oxford school officials still allowed Ethan Crumbley to remain in his classes and repeatedly return to the school the following days.

Throne nor the Oxford school district have responded to requests for comments on this recent development.

Prosecutors have already revealed that Ethan’s parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, met with Oxford school officials just hours before the shooting, where they discussed Ethan’s concerning behavior. The school allegedly requested that the Crumbleys take Ethan home following the meeting, but the parents refused. Ethan was subsequently allowed to return to class, without officials searching his backpack or belongings, and just mere hours later opened fire in his high school.

Ethan Crumbley has been charged with 24 different counts, including 4 counts of first-degree murder and terrorism. His parents, Jennifer and James, have both been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to their inaction surrounding their son. All 3 of the Crumbley family members are currently being held in the Oakland County Jail. The parents have been arraigned with a half-million-dollar bond each.

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