>> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. HOME OF WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT.
>> SHARING THEIR HEARTBREAK.
>> WE MISS HIM AND WE’RE NOT
DOING GOOD.
>> BUT ALSO THEIR HOPE.
>> TATE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT IT,
SO WE WANT TO CARRY OUT HIS
PASSION, RIGHT, AND LET HIS
LEGACY LIVE FOREVER.
>> THE FAMILY OF OXFORD SHOOTING
VICTIM OF TATE MYRE.
>> TWO FAMILIES SUFFERING AFTER
THE OXFORD TRAGEDY COME FORWARD
TO SPEAK FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> THEY ARE PART OF A NEW CIVIL
LAWSUIT THAT CLAIMS MULTIPLE
PEOPLE COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE
SHOOTING, INCLUDING SEVERAL
OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.
THE MYRE FAMILY REVEALED PLANS
TO START A FOUNDATION IN TATE’S
HONOR.
THE ACCUSED IN THE CASE IS
PLANNING AN INSANITY DEFENSE.
MORE ON THAT IN A FEW MOMENTS.
LET’S START WITH DEFENDER SHAWN
LEIGH WITH MORE ON WHAT
DEFENDERS SPOKE ABOUT TODAY.
>> ATTORNEY JOHNSON BREAKING
DOWN WHY TWO TEACHERS AT OXFORD
HIGH, TWO COUNSELORS AND THE
DEAN OF OXFORD HIGH ARE BEING
NAMED IN THE SUIT.
YOU TOUCHED ON THIS.
THE FAMILY OF TATE HERE SPEAKING
HOPING SOMETHING POSSIBLY CAN
COME OUT OF THIS WITH A
FOUNDATION CALLED 42 STRONG.
>> THE LEVEL OF SUSPICION WENT
FROM HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS TO OFF
THE CHARTS KNOWING SOMETHING IS
WRONG HERE?
>> TWO UNNAMED OXFORD HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHERS, SCHOOL
COUNSELORS AND DEAN VIOLATED
STATE LAW BY NOT REPORTING
DISTURBING BEHAVIOR AND VIOLENT
DRAWINGS FROM ETHAN CRUMBLY
LEADING UP TO THE NOVEMBER 30TH
SHOOTING.
>> JOHNSON IS REPRESENTING THREE
OXFORD FAMILIES IN A CIVIL SUIT
THAT THE FATHER OF TATE MYRE
SAYS IS ALL ABOUT HOLDING THE
SCHOOL’S EMPLOYEES AND CRUMBLEY
ACCOUNTABLE.
WHAT HIS FAMILY HAS STARTED, THE
42 STRONG FOUNDATION.
42, TATE’S FOOTBALL NUMBER.
HE SAYS HIS SON LIKED TO MENTOR.
THE FOUNDATION WILL MENTOR KIDS,
NOT IGNORE HIM.
>> UNFORTUNATELY THIS SHOOTER
WAS RAISING HIS HAND, BUT PEOPLE
REFUSED TO SEE THAT.
IF WE CAN REACH KIDS LIKE THIS
SHOOTER AND HAVE SOMEBODY MENTOR
HIM, BUILD HIS SELF-CONFIDENCE
AND HIS SELF-ESTEEM AND GIVE HIM
AN OPPORTUNITY TO MENTOR, WE
FEEL GOOD WHEN WE HELP PEOPLE,
RIGHT?
>> GREGORY HAS ALSO JOINED THE
SUIT.
HIS HOPE FOR HIS SON.
>> I HOPE KEEGAN IS A MENTOR IN
42 STRONG AND I HOPE HE DOES
TURN THIS AROUND AND HE SHARES
HIS EXPERIENCE AND WE’RE GOING
TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
PROVIDE HIM THE TOOLS AND THE
RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT TO DO
THAT.
>> INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL DAY AS
THIS NEW LAWSUIT IS ANNOUNCED.
WE REACHED OUT TO OXFORD SCHOOLS
AND THEIR ATTORNEY.
WE HAVE NOT YET HEARD BACK FROM
THEM FOR ANY REACTION TO THE
LAWSUIT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE FAMILY TO
STICK TO ACCOUNTABILITY.
NOT DO THAT, YOU HEARD HIM SAY
WOULD DISHONOR HIS SON.
>> HOW ATTORNEYS PLAN TO DEFEND
ETHAN CRUMBLEY IN COURT.
HE WILL PLEAD INSANITY.
UNDERGO A PSYCHIATRIC
EXAMINATION.
SHE HAS PREVIOUSLY SAID SHE HAS
NO REASON TO BELIEVE THE MENTAL