what do you take away from it? what i take away is there was some excellent police work and the investigation is continuing but it appears as though the crumblys, jennifer and james, were found in this commercial building. this is not an abandoned commercial building. it is one that is in use. it appears they may very well be a third person involved, it may be someone who knew the crumblys but the detroit police department data tip to surround the building, jennifer and james came out, they were not armed. it is my understanding they have been turned over to the oakland
would be charging both parents with four counts of involuntarily manslaughter. while the shooter was the one who entered the high school and pulled the trigger, there are other individuals that contributed to the events on november 30th and it s my intention to hold them accountable. gun ownership is a right and with that right comes great responsibility. based on the information and evidence i ve received today i m announcing charges against the shooter s parents. mcdonald proceeded to layout disturbing details about the days leading up to the mass murder and the role both parents played in facilitating it. james crumbly purchased a .9 for his son, the 15-year-old gunman last friday. then on monday, the day before the shooting, a teacher caught the teen searching on his phone for information about
ammunition. here is what happened next. jennifer crumbly was contacted via voice mail by school personnel about the internet search and followed up with an email but received no response from either parent. thereafter 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 end quote. then on tuesday, the morning of the shooting, mcdonald said the teen s teacher discovered an alarming note on his desk with a drawing of a semiautomatic handgun pointing at the words the thoughts won t stop. help me. she said it also contained a drawing of a bullet with the words blood everywhere and a drawing of a person who appeared to be shot and bleeding. his parents were immediately, immediately summoned to the school for a meeting with officials. at the meeting, james and
school, place that s supposed to be and should be a safe zone. eric. eric: i think of the victims ranging from ages 14 to 17. ethan s parents, james and jennifer crumbley allegedly alerted by school authorities and not acting on any of this. mercedes joins us. we are on the telephone, where you see his parents being held in jail? it s interesting because it s a bold and aggressive move by the prosecutor but is warranted under circumstances, as reported the parents knew ethan had issues and they had been reportedly told by officials even posed a threat to the schools scored body but they didn t do anything to remove
detroit. we are talking 45-year-old james crumbly and 43-year-old jennifer crumbly. charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter to which they pled not guilty. the charges were brought i open county prosecutor carrie mcdonald. their son from 815-year-old ethan is the suspect in the deadly school shooting at oxford high school so what charges will ultimately face is still unclear. all three of them, parents and son are in jail in isolation, the parents are being held on $500,000 bond each so where the case goes, rewards, potential accomplices and culpability, all unknown. what is known, this past tuesday 14-year-old hannah saint giuliani, 17-year-old madison, 15-year-old tate meyer and 17-year-old justin schilling were shot and killed while at