Michigan man accidentially shot in face with ghost gun sues manufacturer, former friend

March 13, 2024

A 19-year-old Michigan man who lost his right eye after being shot with a firearm made from a ghost gun kit filed a lawsuit Tuesday against his former best friend who accidently shot him and the Pennsylvania company that sold his friend the kit. The lawsuit, which was filed in Washtenaw County Circuit Court, alleges that JSD Supply sold two ghost gun kits in April 2021 to Guy Boyd’s then-17-year-old friend without verifying the friend’s age or whether he could legally possess a pistol. Boyd, who also was 17, was shot in the face less than two months later. He also suffers from ...

Jury hears frantic 911 call from Michigan school shooter’s dad

March 9, 2024

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors on Thursday played a recording of a desperate 911 call by the father of a Michigan school shooter as they tried to show jurors how he quickly determined that the teen might be the killer. “I have a missing gun at my house. ... I raced home just to like find out, and I think my son took the gun,” James Crumbley said frantically, soon after a fruitless search of the house for the gun and ammunition. “I don’t know if it’s him. I don’t know what’s going on. I am really freaking out. My son’s name is Ethan Crumbley,” the father ...

Fewer fish and more algae?

March 8, 2024

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island’s fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season’s planned seven-week survey short after just two weeks. The ski plane they study the wolves from ...

Gas chemicals eyed as cause of fire and explosions in suburban Detroit

March 7, 2024

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A large fire followed by multiple explosions at a building in suburban Detroit killed one person and injured a firefighter. A look at what we know about the site, including investigators’ questions surrounding the vaping supply distributor operating there. WHAT CAUSED THE EXPLOSIONS AND FIRE? Authorities believe canisters containing gas chemicals may have been responsible for the repeated explosions reported by first responders and witnesses. They haven’t yet determined the cause of the fire. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...

James Crumbley up next as second parent to stand trial in Michigan school shooting

March 6, 2024

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A man who purchased a gun with his son four days before a Michigan school shooting is headed to trial, accused of failing to take steps that could have prevented the teen from killing four students and wounding others. No one says James Crumbley knew what Ethan Crumbley planned to do at Oxford High School on Nov. 30, 2021. But prosecutors allege that his “gross negligence” was a cause of the violence. It is the second act for prosecutors: The shooter’s mother, Jennifer Crumbley, was convicted of the same involuntary manslaughter charges a month ago. They ...

Ousted Michigan Republican Party chair loses key ruling at appeals court

March 1, 2024

DETROIT — The ousted former leader of the Michigan Republican Party lost a key court ruling Thursday in her effort to regain the top post. The Michigan Court of Appeals said it won’t suspend a lower court’s order affirming Kristina Karamo’s removal by party members. Karamo was hoping that a stay would clear the way for her to lead a meeting Saturday in Detroit to select presidential delegates for the party’s national convention. Former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, with backing from the national party and former President Donald Trump, is recognized as the new chair of the ...