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Murders and mass killings carried out by minors depict an especially terrifying type of true crime.

Lawyer: Texas dad didn’t know son accused in deaths had gun
Lawyer: Texas dad didn’t know son accused in deaths had gun

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

Parents charged in Oxford school shooting seek lower bail
Parents charged in Oxford school shooting seek lower bail

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

Michigan attorney general will review Oxford school shooting
Michigan attorney general will review Oxford school shooting

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

Charges weighed for Michigan shooting suspect’s parents
Charges weighed for Michigan shooting suspect’s parents

By COREY WILLIAMS and ED WHITE Associated Press OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor on Thursday repeated her criticism of the parents of a boy who is accused of killing four students at a Michigan school, saying their actions went “far beyond negligence” and that a charging decision would come by Friday.    […] More

December 2, 2021