Two students who survived the Oxford High School shooting last month and their family are suing the school district for $100 million each, accusing teachers, counselors and administrators of not doing enough to prevent the attack that left four students dead and several others injured.
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The shooting was preventable according to the lawsuit filed by Jeffrey and Brandi Franz on behalf of their daughters.
The two girls are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after Riley was shot in the neck, and they witnessed her sister and other students being shot after she narrowly escaped the bullets.
The Oxford Community School District and the Oxford High School Principal Steven Wolf are named in a lawsuit, which claims that they have been threatened with violence by the school.
The suit claims that Wolf and Thorne sent emails to parents reassuring them that their children were safe at Oxford High School.
The complaint states that Wolf told parents weeks before the shooting that there was no threat at the high school.
A person for Oxford Community Schools did not respond to a request for comment.
The lawsuit claims that the suspected shooter, 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, sent a message on his account threatening an attack at the school the night before the shooting. Death is the destroyer of worlds. The suit states that he posted a message on his bio that said, "see you tomorrow Oxford." A person cannot read his tweets unless they follow him, but his bio would be visible to anyone who searches his profile, according to the suit.
The Oakland County prosecutor charged the parents of Crumbley with four counts of manslaughter for their alleged negligent behavior with their son. The Oakland County Sheriff's Office said James and his wife, Jen, purchased the gun used in the attack days before the school shooting, and McDonald referenced social media posts from her that stated they had purchased the Sig Sauer handgun as a Christmas present for their son. McDonald said the parents were called to the school the morning of the shooting, after a teacher found a note on his desk with the words, "The thoughts won't stop help me." His parents refused to remove him from class that morning, and did not ask him where the gun was or alert school officials that he may have had access to a gun during the meeting, according to McDonald.
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The state of Michigan has a high bar for liability against public schools and other forms of government, which makes it difficult to win a lawsuit for letting Crumbley stay in school. A. Vince Colella told the AP that you have to show that the administration or faculty members had a reckless disregard for their own safety.
The Michigan school district is under scrutiny for actions before a shooting.
The parents of the Michigan school shooting suspect are not guilty of manslaughter charges.
The suspect in the Michigan school shooting has been charged with terrorism and murder.
The 4th victim in the Michigan high school shooting has died.
