morning of the shooting, the next day, ethan crumbley s teacher came upon a sight that alarmed her she took a picture. the note contained the following. the drawing of a semiautomatic handgun pointed at the the words, quote, the thoughts won t stop, help me, end quote. and then a drawing of a bullet with the following words, quote, blood everywhere, end quote. 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 of the drawing are the words, my life is useless and to the right of that are the words, quote, the world is dead, end quote. as a result, james and jennifer crumbley were immediately assembled to the school and 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.
finding him in content and holding in abeyance the fact they will a refer him for crimil contempt prosecution. they can make a referral to the justice department to prosecute him for contempt if they wanted to. they did that for steve bannon. they have not yet done that with him. that will be t resolved shortly. here s the thing, though. as part of the process of holding jeffrey clark in contempt thisre week, again the committee did hold him in contempt. the referral to the justice department is another matter that remains to be scene. as part of the process of holding him in contempt, which is am formal process, the januy 6thpr investigation this week publically released all their doings thus far with the jeff clark, their letters to him and from him, their communications with his counsel. they also released the transcript of what happened when jeff clark actually showed up for his deposition. i mean, trump adviser steve bannon didn t even show up for
we watched unfold over the course of this week. today the county prosecutor announced that in addition to charging the alleged shooter, this 15-year-old, they re charging him as an adult, charging him with four counts of first-degree murder and also terrorism charges, the prosecute err announced today her office is also charging his parents with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. she called their conduct in this instance, quote, criminal. the prosecutor explained today in a lengthy press conference that this 15-year-old suspect was sent back to class the day of the shooting. school officials had found a disturbing drawing he had made depicting a gun and bodies that had been blown apart by gun violence and bullets and the words blood everywhere and the thoughts won t stop, help me. those drawings by the suspect were found on the morning of the shooting. the parents were called in to the school, shown the document, asked to get their son into counseling. the parents decided the
was it allowed to be picked up and taken freely at his discretion? or was it stolen? reporter: november 27th. prosecutors say the mother, jennifer, posts mom and son day, testing out his new christmas present. november 29th a teacher reports the boy is searching for ammunition on his cell phone in class. officials say the school calls and e-mails 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 semi-automatic 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.
they were found hiding in the basement of a warehouse after a tip off from someone who saw their car. they were in a commercial building, in a room. we were able to take them into custody without incident, however they were very distressed as they were walking out. prosecutors say the couple are culpable in the alleged crime of their teenage son because they ignored a sequence of events, including the concerns of teachers, that ethan crumbley might be about to use a gun. hours before the shooting, teachers raised the alarm after they spotted a drawing by the boy depicting a gun and a bloody scene with the words, the thoughts won t stop, help me . in another section of the note was a drawing of a bullet with the following words, blood everywhere . this is an unusual case in a country that has wrestled with the scourge of school shootings for decades. ethan crumbley is accused of murdering four classmates hannah saintjuliana was just 14,