Overview

• Ethan Crumbley, the teenager who committed the deadliest high school shooting in Michigan history, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
• Crumbley, who was 15 at the time of the shooting in 2021, pleaded guilty to 24 charges, including first-degree murder and terrorism.
• During the sentencing, victims' families and survivors gave emotional accounts of the impact of the shooting on their lives.
• Life sentences for teenagers are rare in Michigan, but Judge Kwame Rowe ruled that Crumbley's actions warranted the harshest punishment.
• Crumbley's parents, Jennifer and James Crumbley, are also in jail, awaiting trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter for allegedly neglecting their son's mental health and making a gun accessible to him.