OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) — Oakland County District Attorney Karen McDonald weighs in on the Oxford Community Schools Board’s decision to delay a third-party review of the fatal shooting at Oxford High School.
It comes after the council turned down Attorney General Dana Nessel’s second offer to conduct an independent investigation. Nessel renewed the offer last month after meeting with families, who she said were seeking to learn more about what happened on November 30.
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She previously offered the third-party review in December for the first time, but that too was turned down by the board.
“I am deeply disappointed by the school board’s repeated rejection of my offers to conduct an independent and thorough review of systems and procedures in the days leading up to and on November 30, 2021,” Nessel said in response to the board’s second refusal. the offer. “My goal is not to place blame but to help identify ways to make schools in Oxford and all schools in Michigan safer.”
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Four students were killed in the shooting. Six other students and a teacher were injured.
The accused shooter, Ethan Crumbley, 16, faces multiple charges. The teen’s parents are also charged in connection with the shooting.
School board chairman Thomas Donnely said any independent investigation would have to wait until the criminal charges are completed.
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McDonald says there is no reason to delay the third-party review, saying “an independent commission can perform a thorough analysis of the events and factors that contributed to the shooting…”
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