Prosecutor: Oxford High School officials in Michigan had legal grounds to search 15-year-old suspect Ethan Crumbley's backpack and locker

Oxford High School officials in Michigan had legal grounds to search 15-year-old suspect Ethan Crumbley's backpack and locker prior to a shooting that left four students dead, but did not do so, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said on Monday.

McDonald answered affirmatively in an interview with CNN when asked if "the school had legal grounds to search his backpack in his locker."

She said prosecutors didn't know if the gun was in a bad Crumbley brought to the school, stating: "we don't know exactly if that weapon was in his bag, where it was, we just know it was in the school and he had access to it."
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