Kids Who Kill

She left work and subsequently texted Smith to say, “Andy, he’s going to kill himself. He must be the shooter.” More

February 8, 2022

A contentious court hearing is set for Tuesday morning in the criminal case of the parents of the accused Oxford high school shooter. More

February 7, 2022

The penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be delayed until April after prosecutors told the judge Wednesday that they needed more time to interview the mental health experts who are expected to testify on his behalf. More

February 2, 2022

New York man who killed a 4-year-old boy with a rock in 1993 when he was 13 years old has been released from prison after being granted parole last October, authorities said Tuesday. Eric M. Smith, 42, was released from the Woodbourne Correctional Facility on Tuesday after serving 28 years for the murder of Derrick Robie. More

February 1, 2022

Attorneys say a teenager charged with killing four students at Michigan high school will pursue an insanity defense. More

January 27, 2022

The Detroit-area high school where four students were fatally shot reopened Monday for the first time since the November attack, with the school's principal declaring "we are reclaiming our high school back." More

January 24, 2022

The gunman who killed 17 at a Florida high school four years ago had no expectation of privacy when he posted disturbing photographs to a public Instagram account before his rampage and prosecutors can use them in his upcoming penalty trial, a judge ruled at a hearing Monday. More

January 24, 2022

Jurors deliberated for just over two hours before finding Chandler Halderson guilty of killing Bart Halderson and Krista Halderson. More

January 20, 2022

Chandler Halderson was convicted of killing and dismembering his parents, whose bodies were found in wooded areas of Wisconsin. More

January 20, 2022

Oxford Community Schools Superintendent Tim Throne has posted a statement on the district’s website in an attempt to tackle some of the allegations that the district failed to heed warning signs before the shooting that resulted in the deaths of four students. More

January 20, 2022

The trial for Chandler Halderson, accused of killing his parents, is set to resume next week after he contracted COVID-19. More

January 14, 2022

Ethan Crumbley, accused of murdering four classmates in a shooting at Oxford High School, pleaded not guilty. More

January 12, 2022

The trial of Chandler Halderson, accused of killing and dismembering his parents, has been postponed because he tested positive for COVID-19. More

January 12, 2022

The case against Michigan school shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley will head straight to trial after he waived his right to a preliminary exam. More

January 7, 2022

The Crumbleys are charged with involuntary manslaughter for the Nov. 30 shooting at Oxford High School, which killed four teenagers and injured others. More

January 7, 2022

An attorney for a man accused of driving his son to a Dallas-area gas station store where the 14-year-old is accused of fatally shooting three teens and wounding a fourth says the father didn't know his son had a gun. Attorney Heath Harris told The Dallas Morning News he believes evidence will show that 33-year-old Richard Acosta, who is charged with capital murder, is innocent. More

January 4, 2022

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WPTV) — The upcoming sentencing trial for the man who confessed to killing 17 people at a Parkland high school in 2018 will be delayed until February. More

December 30, 2021

Authorities have not released a motive. Both teens attended the victim's Spanish class at Fairfield High School, where she had taught since 2012. More

December 29, 2021

The parents of a teenager charged with killing four students at a Michigan high school didn't anticipate that he would commit violence and are "devastated" like others in the community, a lawyer said Wednesday in requesting that they be granted a lower bond. More

December 22, 2021

A teenager who told investigators that he mistook his brother for a deer when he shot him has been charged with a gun crime, authorities in western Michigan said Thursday. More

December 16, 2021

They are each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors say they gifted their son the gun he used to kill four classmates. More

December 14, 2021

A judge rejected an attempt Monday by Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz's attorneys to bar the parents and other relatives of his 17 victims from testifying before the jury about the trauma the murders have brought to their lives. More

December 13, 2021

A Michigan judge declined Monday to move the 15-year-old charged with killing four students at Oxford High School out of an adult jail, but she agreed that the jail needs to ensure the boy can't hear or see grown-up inmates. More

December 13, 2021

He is charged as an adult in the murders of his four classmates, as well as the shooting of seven other people at the school on Nov. 30. More

December 13, 2021

Five Detroit-area students face hearings before juvenile court referees accused of making threats against schools in the wake of a shooting at Oxford High School that left four students dead. More

December 8, 2021

A prosecutor continues to criticize decision to keep teen in Michigan school before shooting that killed four students last week - raising questions whether district will face liability. More

December 7, 2021

Michigan’s attorney general said Tuesday her office will review events that occurred before the mass shooting that left four students dead at Oxford High School, despite the district’s rejection of her offer to be its third-party investigator. More

December 7, 2021

A third party will investigate events at Oxford High School that occurred before a school shooting that left four students dead and six other students and a teacher wounded. More

December 6, 2021

The parents of a teen accused of killing four students in a shooting at a Michigan high school were caught early Saturday. More

December 4, 2021

The Oakland County Sheriff's Office says they are actively searching for the fugitive parents of the suspected 15-year-old shooter in the Oxford High School tragedy. More

December 3, 2021