‘Bullied boy, 15, used dad’s new handgun for school killings’
FOUR teenagers who died after a US school gun rampage were allegedly killed by a “bullied” pupil whose dad bought the handgun four days earlier.
During the bloodshed, the accused killer Ethan Crumbley, 15, tried to trick pupils in a locked classroom into leaving it while posing as an officer.
The boy shouts: “Sheriff’s office, you can come out.”
The moment, captured on video, shows a student saying: “He said it’s safe to come out.” But their teacher said: “We’re not taking that risk.”
The gunman shouts back calling his classmate “bro” – blowing his ruse during Tuesday’s carnage in Detroit, Michigan.
Among the victims was Tate Myre, a “standout” American football player, who died a hero after being shot while trying to disarm the gunman.
The 16-yearold succumbed to his wounds on the way to the hospital.
The other victims were Hana St Juliana, 14, Madisyn Baldwin, 17, and Justin Shilling, 17, who died from his injuries yesterday.
Crumbley, who was yesterday charged with murder and terrorism, lives with his parents fewer than two miles from Oxford High School. Pupils there claimed he was being bullied.
Sheriff Michael Bouchard said: “This kind of thing can happen anywhere and sadly it happened even in a sweet quiet community like Oxford.”
The suspect wounded seven other pupils and a teacher, 47.Three of the injured, a 15-year-old boy, and two girls, aged 14 and 17, were in a critical condition.The gunman fired at least 12 rounds. Police recovered a 9mm handgun bought by his dad on Friday.