The father of the Michigan shooter bought the weapon that the child used in the killing

First it was learned that those killed on Tuesday in a shooting at an Oxford Institute, 50 kilometers from Mischigan, were not three, but four.To Tate Myre, 16, Hana St.Juliana, 14, and Madisyn Baldwin, 17, joined Justin Shilling, 17, as confirmed by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, where the town of the tragedy is found.The boy succumbed in the morning to the wounds caused during an attack with a nine millimeters that Ethan Crumbley, 15, introduced surreptitiously into the educational center.Also left seven injured, six students and a teacher.Crumbley was accused shortly after knowing the fourth death of a crime of terrorism and four crimes of first degree murder (in addition to others of assault and illicit possession of weapons).That implies that his status as a minor will not exempt him from facing the maximum penalty: life imprisonment.It was also learned that the father bought the weapon used in La Matanza and that the parents went to school that morning, required by the teachers, who were concerned about adolescent's behavior.

"There are unequivocal facts about the shooting that indicate that it was not an impulsive act," explained Oakland Karen McDonald, who has considered it necessaryCitizens "."Any other option would put all at risk and could assume that, when it was free, it would remain a threat to society".

According to the story that the authorities have been able.Once inside, he went to the bathroom, where he wielded the gun and began shooting the students who were finding.The students entrenched themselves behind the doors and desks of the classrooms.In five minutes, 11 people received shots.The weapon had been bought by Crobley's father on November 26, although it is still unknown how the son was made with her.

About what there is "a mountain of digital tests" is about what happened during the attack, according to the prosecutor.“We have video footage, trail on social networks, everything I can imagine.Enough to prop up the hypothesis that [crumbley] acted with premeditation ”.

At the moment it is not clear what led the student to commit the killing, although in the morning the kids of the kid went to the institute alerted by the "worrying behavior" of their child in class.

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The County Sheriff, Michael Bouchard, explained to the CNN chain that the investigators have intervened several writings of the suspect who leave no doubt."The evidence I have seen shows that I clearly wanted to kill," he said."I shot at a short distance and generally at the head or chest".

The governor of the State, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, defined the events shortly after they happened on Tuesday as "the worst nightmare of any father".He referred to the problem of armed violence in the United States as a "public health crisis".“No one should be afraid to go to school, work, a religious center or home.It's time for us to join and make children feel safe at school, ”he added.

In the first six months of the year, more than 270 mass shootings were recorded in the United States, according to data from the independent agency Gun Violence Archive.Since 2020 the country lives an increase in armed violence, an especially notable phenomenon in large cities.In recent years, mass shootings in the country's educational centers have multiplied exponentially.Only in September two were recorded in the state of Texas.The latter is the most serious of the last 18 months, a time when public schools and institutes have remained largely closed due to pandemic.

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