Jennifer Crumbley’s trial continued on Tuesday with witnesses testifying about the morning of the 2021 Oxford High School shooting in Michigan. Andrew Smith, the CEO of the real estate company where Jennifer Crumbley worked at the time of the shooting, testified that she would have been allowed to leave for the day if she needed to take care of her son.
Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of school shooter Ethan Crumbley, pleaded not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter for her alleged role in the shooting.
Ethan Crumbley, who was 15 at the time of the shooting, was sentenced to life in prison without parole in December for killing four students and injuring seven others in November 2021.
Smith testified that Jennifer Crumbley would have also been allowed to bring her son to the office the day of the shooting if needed. She had told school officials that they couldn’t take Ethan home after a meeting on the day of the shooting because both parents had to work.
He also testified that he saw Jennifer Crumbley racing down the hall, telling him that there was an active shooter at her son’s school. Jennifer Crumbley texted Smith minutes after leaving the office that “the gun is gone and so are the bullets,” according to evidence of the texts.
Smith testified that he was “taken aback” and “surprised” when he received a text from Jennifer Crumbley after the shooting that said, “I need my job. Please don’t judge me for what my son did.” Crumbley was terminated from her job days after the shooting, Smith testified.
