 And while Lieberman says there was a history of neglect that was painted throughout the trials, the events that took place right before the shooting seemed to be the final pieces of evidence against the Crumleys. In a text Ethan sent to a friend before the school shooting, he wrote that he asked his father to take him to a doctor for help. James Crumley refused, opting instead to give him pills and the advice to, quote, suck it up.