Four students dead after 15-year-old, Ethan Crumbley, opens gunfire at Oxford High school in Michigan.
The victims were Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Tate Myre, 16; Hana St. Juliana, 14; and Justin Shilling, 17.
According to CNN, Madisyn Baldwin was supposed to graduate this upcoming year and even had full scholarships awaiting her college career.
“Baldwin was an artist who loved to draw, read, and write.” her family said to CNN.
Tate Myre was a star football player of the Varsity team since his freshmen year of high school, according to the Oxford High school Twitter.
He was more than a football player that day, multiple students created an online petition to name the stadium after him because of his bravery on that tragic day.
“One of the students was killed in an attempt to disarm the shooter, this student is Tate Myre, Tate is not just a hero to his fellow students at Oxford high school but a legend, his act of bravery should be remembered forever and passed down through generations,” the petition said.
As of December 4th, petition over 245,000 signatures.
Hana St. Juliana, the youngest student who was killed in this tragedy, and was going to be the next basketball star.
“The team stated Tuesday Night it would have been her debut with the team”, Team informed CNN.
Justin Shilling died the Wednesday after the shooting was a scholar student who was involved in the Baccalaureate program, an athlete, and has won many awards, according to CNN.
“‘His potential was boundless in life and yet in death he continues to give of himself as an organ donor (sic). We feel the world can’t have too much of Justin,” the family said in a statement.
The statement continues from Shilling’s family and community saying, “The loss of Justin leaves such a gaping hole in our family that we cannot conceive of life without him.”
Along with the rest of the victims, a 14-year-old girl is currently on a ventilator after her surgery and a boy the same age had a gunshot wound to the jaw and head. The teacher has been discharged, according to Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard.
Crumbley is facing a great number of charges as an adult, including terrorism and first-degree murder.
During his trial that Wednesday, according to CNN his lawyer, Scott Kozak, asked for a non-guilty plea deal and that his client will be staying mute during the trial.
After evidence emerged of a journal and phone messages, parents of Crumbley were charged this past Friday in connection to their sons’ actions on November 30th. CNN has informed that the parents did not show up to their arraignment.
As of Saturday, they pleaded not guilty and have a $500,000 bond held on each of them.
