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Evidence and Investigation

• A school security officer described the process of securing and syncing video footage from over 100 cameras in Oxford High School after the shooting.
• The security officer confirmed that James and Jennifer Crumbley were at Oxford High School on the day of the shooting.
• The forensic investigation included reviewing evidence from James and Jennifer Crumbley's phones, the shooter's phone, and their social media accounts.
• Text message conversations between the shooter and another individual stood out due to the high volume of messages exchanged.
• There were over 20,000 text messages between the shooter and his friend from January to mid-October 2021.
• Some of the images shared in the text message thread depicted firearms.
• On August 19th, 2021, the shooter sent videos of himself handling a handgun to his friend.
• Location history data showed that the shooter and his mother were at the family home when the videos were taken.
• James Crumbley purchased a 9mm handgun on November 26, 2021, between 12:00 and 1:00 p.m.
• Metadata from a photograph taken on the shooter's phone shows that he was holding the purchased handgun at his home at 10:03 p.m. on November 26th.
• The shooter posted pictures of the firearm on Instagram with the caption "just got my new Beauty today hardye Emoji 6our 9mm ask questions I will answer."
• James and Jennifer Crumbley followed the shooter's Instagram account.
• Jennifer Crumbley posted photos of her son shooting a 9mm handgun on Instagram at 2:02 p.m. on November 27, 2021.
• Cached data indicates that an image was opened on the phone at some point, but it may have been deleted later.
• James Crumbley's phone call history showed no calls to any doctor, hospital, or medical provider from the time he left for the school on November 30th until the shooting occurred.
• James Crumbley's web history showed no research on 9mm handguns.

Events on November 30th, 2021

• At 7:46 a.m., Ethan was dropped off at school by his father, James Crumbley.
• At 9:04 a.m., Jennifer Crumbley arrived at work and received a phone call from the school at 9:24 a.m. She returned the call at 9:27 a.m., and the conversation lasted for almost 6 minutes.
• At 9:31 a.m., Jennifer Crumbley received a screenshot of Ethan's math homework with a concerning message from his teacher.
• At 9:33 a.m., Jennifer Crumbley called James Crumbley and sent him the altered math worksheet. James responded with concern and asked if she had spoken to Ethan.
• At 10:04 a.m., Jennifer Crumbley messaged James saying she was heading to the school because she was very concerned.
• At approximately 10:30 a.m., Jennifer and James Crumbley arrived at Oxford High School separately.
• At 10:52 a.m., the shooter leaves the office, followed by James Crumbley at 10:53 a.m.
• At 11:00 a.m., James Crumbley's location data shows him at the Meijer store down the street from the school.
• James Crumbley logs on to DoorDash at 11:00 a.m. and makes four deliveries before the shooting.
• The shooting starts at 12:51 p.m.
• At 1:09 p.m., James Crumbley receives an email from Oxford Community Schools about the active emergency.
• He calls the shooter, Ethan, at 1:13 p.m. and again at 1:17 p.m.
• After the second call, James Crumbley leaves the Meijer parking lot.
• He calls Jennifer at 1:15 p.m., and they have a 10-minute and 19-second phone conversation.
• James Crumbley arrives home at 1:20 p.m., while Jennifer is still on the move but not yet home.
• Jennifer Crumbley sent a text message to her boss at 1:23 p.m. on November 30th, stating that the gun and bullets were gone and that her son might be the shooter.
• James Crumbley called 9