teacher observed him researching ammunition in class. jennifer crumbly was contacted via voice mail by school personnel regarding the son s inappropriate internet search. school personnel indicate they followed that voice mail up with an email, but received no response from either parent. therefore, jennifer crumbly exchanged text messages about the incident with her son on that day, stating, quote, lol, i m not mad at you, you have to learn not to get caught, unquote. on november 30th, 21, the morning of the shooting, the next day, ethan crumbly s teacher came upon a note on ethan s desk, which alarmed her, to the point that she took a picture of it on her cell phone. the note contained the following. a drawing of a semiautomatic handgun pointing at the words, quote, the thoughts won t stop, help me, end quote. in another section of the note was a drawing of a bullet with
purchased a sig sauer sp model 2021 from acme shooting goods in oxford, michigan, on november 26th, 2021. a store employee confirms that ethan crumbly was present with james at the time of the purchase. first statute, james crumbly completed atf form 3509-a. ethan crumbly s social media post revealed photos of the semiautomatic handgun, with the caption, just got my new beauty today including an emoji heart, sig sauer. subsequent to the purchase of that weapon, one of jennifer crumbly s social media posts on about 11/27/21, mom and son day testing out his new christmas present, end quote. on november 21st, 2021, a
hours. both james and jennifer crumbly failed to ask their son if he had his gun with him or where his gun was located and failed to inspect his backpack for the presence of the gun, which he had with him. james and jennifer crumbly resisted the idea of then leaving the school at that time of their son leaving the school at that time. instead, james and jennifer crumbly left the high school without their son. he was returned to the classroom. when the news of the active shooter at oxford high school had been made public, jennifer crumbly texted to her son at 11:22 i m sorry, at 1:22 p.m., quote, ethan, don t do it, end quote. at 1:37 p.m., james crumbly called 911, reporting that a gun was missing from his house and he believed his son may be the