The name Oxford is no different than the name Sandy Hook now, or Charlottesville or Columbine, places instantly associated with unimaginable horror, where kids live with haunted dreams and parents live with permanent holes in their hearts. “We will not be defined by the tragedy,” a chaplain told the crowd.īut it will be defined by them. View Gallery: Vigil for Oxford community: 'We are Wildcats' What does the surviving kid do with that image?įour families sent their bright and promising teenagers to high school last Tuesday morning with every expectation they would come home that afternoon and be here today, tomorrow, next week and when Christmas arrives later this month.
That second teenager ran out the door, escaping a fate that Shilling could not. What does that officer do with that memory?Īnother teenager was in the bathroom when Crumbley, only 15, allegedly shot a schoolmate named Justin Shilling in the head. He carried the teen to his patrol car and sped desperately toward the hospital, trying to stop the horror that was unfolding in his vehicle. When an Oxford police deputy saw a 16-year-old football player crumpled on the floor, bleeding and dying from the bullets that Ethan Crumbley is accused of firing, he knew he couldn’t wait for an ambulance. Watch Video: In one morning, the Oxford community changed forever
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