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Lawyer: Teen a worry months before Michigan school shooting

A booking photo of the suspect, 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley.
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A booking photo of the suspect, 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley.

DETROIT, MI (AP)— A lawyer representing families of victims of a Michigan high school shooting says some teachers and a counselor were aware of the suspect's troubling behavior months before the mass shooting last fall.

Detroit attorney Ven Johnson told reporters last week that depositions taken in a civil lawsuit against Oxford Community Schools and some staff at Oxford High School reveal Ethan Crumbley had shown a proclivity toward guns, ammunition and violence at the start of the 2021 school year.

One teacher said Crumbley drew what appeared to be a gun’s ammunition magazine on a note card in late August 2021. Johnson said Crumbley also wrote in a survey that his favorite books included “Making Bombs for Hitler."

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