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Details
- Mass Shooting
- Oxford High School Mass Shooting
- Municipality
- Oxford
- State
- Michigan - MI
- Zip Code
- 48371
- Region
- Midwest
- Division
- East North Central
- Incident Date
- November 30, 2021
- Venue Type
- School-Public (9-12)
- Killed
- 4
- Injured
- 7
Ranking Data
- Preventable Factors/Rankings
- Blatant Rankings - Points Doubled
- 9
- Preventable Rankings Score
- 18
- Preventable Status
- Completely Preventable
Preventable Factors
- Preventable Factor Details
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Takeaway(s):
—Oxford High School officials had credible information concerning the to-be perpetrator’s behavior leading up to the mass shooting, intervening twice, on the day before and the day of the mass shooting, but they failed to act appropriately. Oxford High School officials had legal grounds to search the to-be perpetrator’s backpack and locker when significant concerns were raised about his behavior but they never did so, for reasons which were not/have not been made clear.
Incident Preventable Factor(s):
—School System Failures/Interventions Lacking – School Officials Negligent for Inaction Against Perpetrator(s)
Oxford High School officials had legal grounds to search the to-be perpetrator’s backpack and locker when significant concerns were raised about his behavior on the day of the shooting, but they never did so, for reasons which were not made clear. Had they done so strong circumstantial evidence indicated they likely would have prevented the mass shooting, at least that day. A 9mm SIG Sauer SP 2022 semi-automatic handgun and at least two 15-round magazines were recovered from perpetrator at the time of his arrest, while a third magazine was found at the school.
“Our investigation has revealed that had proper threat assessment guidelines been in place and District threat assessment policy followed, this tragedy was avoidable,” the report concluded.
[The perpetrator], who was referred to only as ‘the Shooter’ throughout the report, was not identified as a threat even though his ‘conduct, statements, and drawings suggested that he might cause physical harm at school,’ the report found. That was because Oxford High School administrators and staff ‘failed to recognize’ his behavior as a threat in accordance with guidelines adopted by the district.” 1
Civil lawsuits filed against the school district by multiple survivors allege that school officials were aware of disturbing posts made by the perpetrator on social media, as well as his tendencies toward animal cruelty, but they still allowed him to continue attending the school and directed teachers and counselors to discourage reports of his behavior.
—Parental Failures/Interventions Lacking – Parent(s) Negligent for Inaction Against Dependent Child (Perpetrator)
—Unnecessarily Accessible Perpetrator(s) Weapon(s) – Weapon(s) Was Unnecessarily Accessible to the Perpetrator
The perpetrator’s father bought the gun for him that was used in the mass shooting four days before and the father failed to properly secure the gun despite knowing his son had serious mental health problems. 2
Source(s):
- Ahmed, Beenish. “Investigation: Oxford Schools District ‘Failed’ to Keep Students Safe From Shooter”. Michigan Public. October 30, 2023. https://www.michiganpublic.org/public-safety/2023-10-30/oxford-schools-district-failed-to-keep-students-safe
- Brown, Nicki and Levenson, Eric. “Before School Shooting, [Perpetrator] Wrote in Journal He Was Searching for Gun His Father Had Hidden”. CNN. Updated March 12, 2024. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/12/us/james-crumbley-trial/index.html
Fluidity
- Criminal Case Pending?
- No
- Civil Litigation Pending?
- Yes
- Trending
Administrative Information
- Credible Source Inquires?
- Are Credible Source Inquires Inline Endnotes?
- Assessment Status?
- Partial
- Editorial Board Approval?
- Pending
Record Information
- Last Updated
- Lexar
- Record ID
- 42
- Private ID
- T46UF3X
- Date Recorded
- 2024-04-12 22:58:21
- Date Updated
- 2024-04-15 03:53:09
- Last Accessed
- Type Designation