Michigan Teen Shooter Can Be Sentenced to Life for Killing 4 Students, Judge Rules

The hearing was the result of a series of major decisions about how to treat teenagers who are convicted of murder.

Ethan Crumbley stands with his attorneys, Paulette Loftin and Amy Hopp during his hearing at Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac, Mich. on Aug. 1, 2023. Clarence Tabb Jr./Detroit News via AP, Pool

A Michigan judge ruled Friday that the teen gunman who killed four students at Michigan’s Oxford High School can serve life in prison without parole.

Judge Kwamé Rowe announced the decision weeks after hearing from experts who clashed over Ethan Crumbley’s mental health and witnesses who described the terror of the day in sharp detail.