request to lower their bond which currently is at $500,000. and we do, we see those drawings that we did know about. again, those drawings are ones that the teacher spotted the morning of the shooting on ethan crumbley s desk. this is the first time we re actually getting a look at them, though. if you see what prosecutors show in this court document is the first drawing which shows very disturbing images like a gun and a bullet and the words blood everywhere, my life is useless. then they said that drawing was altered to appear not to look so bad. you can see, it says, i love my life so much. we re all friends here, and the disturbing images are scribbled out. again, this is just part of the evidence that prosecutors are laying out in this case. other parts of it include details about how the parents, they allege, knew about the troubles their son was going through, and yet ignored all those signs, prosecutors saying
the boy is searching for ammunition on his cell phone in class. officials say the school calls and emails the mom. no response. but jennifer texts her son, lol, i m not mad at you. you have to learn not to get caught. the next day, another teacher sees the boy with a note. 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 the following words above that bullet. quote, blood everywhere, end quote. reporter: there is also, prosecutors say, a drawing of a bloody body, the words my life is useless, the world is dead. shortly after 10:00 a.m., officials say his parents come to a meeting at the school, are told their son must get counseling, but they resist taking him out of school, don t mention the new gun, and the boy returns to class. his parents leave. we have to leave that he had the weapon either on his person
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, end quote. and to the night right of that are the words, quote, the world is dead, end quote. reporter: officials say the suspect and his parents met with administrators, law enforcement isn t notified. neither is the school resource officer. but the crumbleys who were told to get counseling for their son within 48 hours resist taking him home for the day. they never ask him where his gun is, likely in his backpack, investigators say. as news of a shooting at the high school breaks tuesday afternoon, a text from jennifer, don t do it. minutes later, prosecutors say james crumbley calls 9-1-1 to report a missing gun that had been stored investigators say in an unlocked drawer. i am, by no means, saying that an active shooter situation should always result in a criminal prosecution against
crumbley drawing a disturbing note, mcdonald says. a drawing of a semiautomatic handgun pointing at the words the thoughts won t stop me. quote, blood everywhere. below that figure is drawing of a laughing emoji. further down the drawing are the words quote my life is useless. reporter: mcdonald says crumbley s parents were immediately called into meet with school officials. and told they were required to submit their son to counseling within 48 hours. the crumbleys resisted taking ethan out of school mcdonald says and at that point, the school allowed crumbley to return to class. a decision the school superintendent defended. no discipline was warranted. there are no discipline records at the high school. reporter: but the parents were aware their son had access to a gun, which authorities believe was likely already in his backpack during that meeting. mcdonald says ethan was at the
following words blood everywhere. between the drawing of the gun and bull sit 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 my life is useless and to the right of that the world is dead. reporter: there you heard the prosecutor describing a disturbing drawing essentially describe what s he was about to do. the school administration wanted the parents to take eketh home. they refused. he stayed on campus and soon after carried out this shooting of killing four teenagers. that is why these parents are facing charges. thank you so much from pontia, michigan. to talk more about all of this joining me u.s. district attorney for middle district and