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Democrats want to follow the lead of nine other states and limit magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. Republicans are noncommittal at best.
Education is required from ages 6-16. State Board member Tom McMillin says that after a deadly school shooting in Oxford it’s time to rethink that practice. Other state education leaders dismissed the suggestion.
It was a judgment call that went horribly wrong. Experts weigh in on the decision by Oxford High School to return a troubled student to class before a shooting rampage. Like many districts, Oxford has a policy to discourage student suspensions.
‘We’re not going to just do nothing,’ Nessel says, after the district rebuffs her offer to investigate its handling of events in the hours before a mass shooting that killed four students.
Prosecutors say parents of the alleged school shooter didn’t secure the murder weapon. That isn’t a crime in Michigan, and it took nearly a decade to make it one in Oregon.
James and Jennifer Crumbley were found by Detroit police in a building on the city's east side. They had been missing since Friday, after they were charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Oxford school officials are coming under scrutiny for what they did, and didn’t do, following disturbing interactions with the 15-year-old suspect before the shooting spree.
Chalkbeat put together a list of resources for families that help them understand how to monitor threats in their school and where to go for help dealing with trauma.
School districts are working with local law enforcement to probe the credibility of the online threats, with some school leaders saying it is not yet possible to keep up.
Parents of Ethan Crumbley charged with involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutor says parents failed to secure pistol, ignored school’s plea to get help for their son.
A school shooting, “uniquely horrific” on its own, has been layered on top of two years of uncertainty and anger for Michigan’s youth. No one should expect a “normal” school day any time soon, experts say.
The extra money would be used for additional school resource officers across the state. The state has no idea how many officers already are in Michigan schools. Not everyone agrees more police are necessarily better.
In rereading a text thread with my daughter who was in Oxford High School during the shooting, I realized how many times I said "teacher." Heroes, every single one.
Students said they were aware of ominous social media posts directed toward the school. Then, in an instant, they were texting parents from barricaded classrooms, before being rescued by deputies. “Don’t look to the right,” one class was told.
The odds for passage of new gun restrictions or safety measures in the Michigan Legislature are slim, even in the wake of a school shooting that left four students dead.
Ethan Crumbley is facing murder and terrorism charges as the suspect in Tuesday’s Oxford High School shooting. Prosecutors believe the rampage was premeditated.
Oxford High students gathered in groups throughout Tuesday, first to escape a deadly shooting rampage and later to find comfort in faith and friendships.
Activists want gun control following the Oxford High School shooting. But legislation of any kind faces a tough fight in Lansing, as more than four dozen bills have gone nowhere already.
School leaders say students and staff executed their training when an active shooter struck. But a teen was able to get a handgun into Oxford High to launch a rampage. 'Everything worked,' said one official, 'and it’s still a tragedy.'
