From the New York Times, I'm Michael Obaro. This is the Daily.

A few days ago, for the first first time an American jury convicted a parent for a mass

shooting carried out by their child. My colleague Lisa Miller has been reporting on the case from the beginning and explains what the historic verdict really means. It's Thursday, February 8th. Lisa you came to this story as a writer for New York magazine two years ago.

You just joined the New York Times.

I did.

A couple of days ago, basically. And you came to this story right after this horrible

shooting and long before any kind of trial was underway. What was it that drew you to this particular case?

There are so many mass shootings in the United States.

Right.

Well, first and foremost, I have covered school shootings, and so I'm familiar with all of

the pain and

hangony around these events. I covered Sandy Hook, I covered Parkland.

So I've been immersed in these cultures for a long time. The circumstances of this particular shooting were

highly unusual. These parents, James and Jennifer Crumbly, bought their son

Ethan, who was 15 years old a gun on Black Friday the day after

Thanksgiving as an early Christmas present. The morning of the shooting they were

called to the school because the child had been

drawing these very alarming pictures. They left the kid at school. The kid then shot up the school, killing four of his classmates and injuring seven other people.

He was captured and charged with 24 counts including terrorism and charged as an adult.

The parents were charged several days after the shooting with involuntary manslaughter.

The first time basically in the era of mass shooting school shootings that parents were held responsible.

Criminally responsible for what their kid had done.

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