reporter: authorities do not know where they are. the fbi, marshals and the oakland county sheriff s department trying to track down jennifer and james crumbly. we haven t seen them since wednesday since appearing for the son s arrangement. it is not clear where they are tonight. the sheriff s office said they were in touch with an attorney to arrange for an arrest once charges were handed down. but they can t find the couple now. bizarrely attorneys representing the couple have put out a statement saying jennifer and james haven t fled and left town for safety avefter the shooting and the arrangement scheduled for 4:00 this afternoon. the courthouse is now closed. the couple is not in custody. all of this coming after a prosecutor laid out the sering
details of the shooting this week in the school behind me and an impassioned plea for why she believes the parents must be prosecuted. while the shooter entered the high school and pulled the trigger there are other individuals that con triblted to this. reporter: in a rare move a prosecutor holding the parents of a school shooter responsible in the deaths of four teenagers hunted down prosecutors say by their son. anyone with the opportunity to stop this from happening to have done it. reporter: james and jennifer each charged with four counts over involuntarily man slaughter following tuesday s attack. we have confirmed injuries. reporter: the oakland county prosecutor saying the father bought the handgun used in the shooting four days earlier with the 15-year-old son ethan by his side. ethan later posting a picture on social media with the caption just got the new beauty today and the mother in her own now
shooter. further investigation revealed that the sig sauer 9 millimeter handgun purchased by james crumbly was stored unlocked in a drawer in james and jennifer s bedroom. the gun recovered from the shooter at the school after the shooting was the same gun that was purchased by his father james crumbly on november 26th, 2021, in the presence of his son. based upon the foregoing, the oakland county prosecutor s office requested and received authorized, we charge four counts of involuntary manslaughter as to james crumbly and four counts of involuntary manslaughter as to jennifer crumbly.
the following words above that bullet, blood everywhere. between the drawing of the gun and the bullet is a drawing of a person who appears to have been shot twice and bleeding. below that figure is a drawing of a laughing emoji. further down the drawing are the words, quote, my life is useless, and to the right of that are the words, the world is dead. result, james and jennifer crumbly were immediately summoned to the school. a school counselor came to the classroom and removed the shooter and brought him to the office with his backpack. counselor obtained the drawing, but the shooter had already altered it. the drawings of the gun and the bloody figure were scratched out along with the words help me and my life is useless, the world is dead, and blood is everywhere, those were all altered by him. at the meeting, james and jennifer crumbly were shown the drawing and were advised that they were required to get their son into counseling within 48
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