EXCLUSIVE: Moment Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley swayed erratically before collapsing and slamming head-first into cabinet while working at a diner last year – which his mom blamed on his ’empty stomach’

• Video obtained by DailyMail.com shows Ethan Crumbley collapsing in the kitchen while working at 5-1 Diner in Oxford, Michigan last September  
• Footage shows the teen entering the room wobbly on his feet, and swaying erratically, before collapsing and slamming head-first into a cabinet  
• Ethan’s mother purportedly blamed it on her son not eating that day, however the owner told DailyMail.com that she doubts that was the cause 
•  ‘We sent him home,’ the owner said. ‘The mom said it was just because he didn’t eat anything. It seems a lot for that to just be not eating’ 
• The owner also recalled confronting Ethan’s older brother Eli last year after he was allegedly caught smoking marijuana in the back room in a separate incident
• After she threatened to call his parents, Eli allegedly replied: ‘Where do you think I got it from?’

Accused school shooter Ethan Crumbley is charged as an adult with two dozen crimes, including murder and terrorism

Accused school shooter Ethan Crumbley collapsed last year while working at a local diner in an bizarre, unexplained incident captured on video. 

Footage, obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com, shows the 15-year-old stumbling into the back room of the 5-1 Diner in Oxford before falling to the ground.

The incident occurred  at 11am on September 20, 2020 as the boy had been filling in for another employee at the restaurant, where he’d worked on seven or eight other occasions, according to the owner. 

Video shows Ethan enter the room wobbly on his feet. He sways erratically from side to side while flailing his arms, then collapses and slams head-first into a cabinet. 

Video exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com shows Ethan Crumbley stumbling into the kitchen of an Oxford, Michigan diner where he occasionally worked last year

The 15-year-old can be seen entering the room wobbly on his feet and sways erratically from side to side while flailing his arms

He eventually loses his footing and falls, slamming head-first into a cabinet

He immediately struggles to stand up before stumbling a second time, as a co-worker comes to his aide. 

‘Hold it, you alright?’ the older male employee asks him. ‘Yeah, I’m not feeling…’ Ethan murmurs, almost unintelligibly. 

The owner told DailyMail.com that Ethan seemed embarrassed by the episode. The staff called his parents to come pick him up.

According to the owner, Ethan’s mother blamed it on her son not eating that day. But the owner said she doubts that was the cause and wonders whether he may have been on medication or suffering from an underlying medical condition. 

‘We sent him home,’ the owner told DailyMail.com. ‘The mom said it was just because he didn’t eat anything. It seems a lot for that to just be not eating.’ 

Ethan immediately struggles to stand up before stumbling a second time, as a co-worker comes to his aide

An older male employee is heard asking him if he’s alright. ‘Yeah, I’m not feeling…’ Ethan murmurs, almost unintelligibly. Diner staff then called his parents to pick him up 

James (left) and Jennifer Crumbley (right) were booked into the Oakland County Jail early Saturday morning after they were arrested in Detroit less than a mile from the Canadian border. The couple led authorities on a large-scale manhunt after fleeing involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the deadly school shooting said to be perpetrated by their son

Ethan’s 18-year-old half-brother, Eli, also previously worked at the diner.

The owner recalled a separate concerning incident involving Eli last year. The owner described a day she smelled marijuana in a back room, and confronted Eli who had apparently been smoking. 

She told him she was going to call his parents, but said Eli wasn’t concerned by the threat. She said he laughed and said his dad was the one who gave it to him.

‘Where do you think I got it from?’ he purportedly told the owner.

Eli and Ethan have the same father, but different mothers. Originally from Florida, the two boys later moved to Oxford with their dad James Crumbley and his second wife, Ethan’s mom, Jennifer.

The older brother hinted at some family turmoil that prompted him to abruptly move out in March 2020. He went to live with his biological mother in Florida where he grew up.

Ethan’s 18-year-old half-brother, Eli, also previously worked at the diner. The owner recalled confronting Eli last year after he was allegedly caught smoking marijuana in the back room in a separate incident

Eli (left) and Ethan have the same father, but different mothers. Originally from Florida, the two boys later moved to Oxford with their dad James Crumbley and his second wife, Jennifer

‘It mostly had to do with the relationship with my stepmother and I,’ Eli told DailyMail.com last week. 

Ethan remained living with his parents in a small home in Oxford, less than two miles from where he opened fire, allegedly killing four students.

He was charged as an adult with four counts of murder and domestic terror among a total of 24 charges, and is being held at the same jail as his parents. 

His parents were arrested early Saturday after a large-scale manhunt.

James, 45, and Jennifer, 43, were captured in the basement of a building in Detroit, less than half a mile from the Canadian border. 

Both Crumbleys pled not guilty to all four charges of involuntary manslaughter – one for each Oxford High School student who was killed Tuesday.  

Each count is punishable by up to 15 years in prison along with a $7,500 fine and mandatory DNA testing.

The couple are currently on suicide watch as they are held in lieu of $500,000 cash bail. 

Ethan’s parents James and Jennifer (left) are currently on suicide watch in jail as they are held in lieu of $500,000 cash bail

In a tragically botched response to warning signs from Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley (above at arraignment), school counselors accepted his claim that a graphic drawing was a plan for a video game just hours before his gun rampage

Prosecutors say the parents bought the handgun their son used to kill four as a Christmas present on Black Friday, and failed to secure it after he penned a disturbing note saying ‘thoughts won’t stop, help me.’   

In charging the parents, Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald alleged that the parents ignored multiple warning signs and refused to take their son out of school just hours before the shooting took place.

Jennifer bragged on social media about going out with Ethan to test his Christmas present – a 9mm handgun – just three days before the shooting at Oxford High School, and just one day after her husband James had purchased the gun for Ethan.  

On November 29, McDonald said a teacher at Oxford High School observed Ethan searching ammunition on his cell during class and reported it to school officials. 

Madisyn Baldwin, 17, (left) and Hana St Juliana, 14, (right) died in Tuesday’s shooting rampage at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit 

Justin Shilling, 17, (left) died in the hospital on Wednesday morning and Tate Myre (right) died in the school on Tuesday 

Ethan had a meeting with school administrators, and his mother Jennifer was contacted via voicemail by the school about her son’s inappropriate internet search.  

According to the prosecutor, the mother and father had also failed to ask Ethan if he had his gun with him, or where his gun was, and did not inspect his backpack. 

Instead, the teen returned to class and the shooting subsequently occurred. 

Four students were killed in the shooting spree: Tate Myre, 16, Hana St Juliana, 14, Madisyn Baldwin, 17, and Justin Shilling, 17. 

Judge Julie Nicholson announced Saturday that the parents’ bond must be paid in full, and they will be required to wear a GPS tracker if they make bail.  

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