Oxford High School shooter cited for fighting with another prisoner

The 17-year-old Oxford High School shooter faces possible sanctions in prison after getting in a fight with another prisoner this week, receiving his third misconduct citation since arriving at the Lapeer prison in early December 2023.

The fight happened Tuesday evening at the Thumb Correctional Facility in Lapeer. Ethan Crumbley got in a fight with another 17-year-old in the prison's Youthful Housing Unit, said Kyle Kaminski, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections.

"Staff in the area responded and gained control of both prisoners," said Kaminski in an email. "The fight did not involve weapons and there were no serious injuries."

Crumbley, who fatally shot four classmates at his high school in 2021 and injured six others, was sentenced in December 2023 to life sentence without the chance of parole. He's been cited two other times for misconduct since arriving at the Thumb prison: for horseplay with another prisoner on Jan. 3 and for fighting with another prisoner on Jan. 7.

Crumbley is kept in the unit of the prison specifically for prisoners under 18. He spends more than three hours a day working directly with educational staff. Prisoners in the unit also have their meals, in-cell time, in-unit recreation time and outdoor recreation time in a yard away from adult prisoners.

That will change when Crumbley turns 18 on April 28 and he's moved to the adult population.

Crumbley and the other prisoner involved in the fight this week will face hearings on their misconduct citations to determine "potential sanctions," said Kaminski.