OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) — Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald is weighing the Oxford Community Schools Board of Education’s decision to delay a third-party review of the deadly shooting at Oxford High School.
This comes after the board rejected Attorney General Dana Nessel’s second offer to conduct an independent investigation. Nessel renewed the offer last month after meeting with the families, who she said were looking to learn more about what happened on Nov. 30.
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It previously offered third-party review in December for the first time, but the board also rejected it.
“I am deeply disappointed by the school board’s repeated rejection of my offers to conduct an independent and comprehensive review of systems and procedures in the days leading up to November 30, 2021,” Nessel said in response to the second time the board he turned down the offer. “My goal is not to place blame, but to help identify ways to improve school safety for Oxford and all Michigan schools.”
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Four students died in the shooting. Six other students and a teacher were injured.
The accused shooter, 16-year-old Ethan Crumbley, faces multiple charges. The teen’s parents are also charged in connection with the shooting.
School board president Thomas Donnely says any independent investigation must wait until the criminal case is over.
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McDonald says there is no reason to delay a third-party review, saying “an independent commission can conduct a comprehensive analysis of the events and factors that contributed to the shooting…”