at school, a teacher spotted ethan searching online for ammunition and alerted his mother. prosecutors say she later sent text messages to her son saying, lol, i m not mad at you. you have to learn not to get caught. then, on the morning of the killings, teachers contacted the parents over a note ethan had drawn. the note contained the following a drawing of a semiautomatic handgun pointing at 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 above that bullet, blood everywhere. but some question whether the parents really can be held responsible for the actions of their teenage son. i think it is actually highly unusual. it is opening the door for a very large slippery slope. and so that is kind of where i m having trouble saying that the parents committed manslaughter, meaning they were aware that this was going to happen.
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
pontiac, michigan. bring us up to date. reporter: as you mentioned, james and jennifer crumbley were found overnight and were arraigned this morning on those four counts of involuntary manslaughter. why were these charges brought? the prosecutor says that even crumbley s parents had some responsibility for the fact that they allowed their son to have this gun. the 15-year-old was not legally allowed to have this gun, and so listen to some of the warnings that she says that the crumbleys ignored. this is the most important one, and that is from the morning of the shooting. take a listen. on november 30th, the morning of the shooting, the next day, ethan crumbley 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.
online, his parents ignoring calls from the school, his mother texting her son, quote, lol, i m not mad at you. you have to learn not to get caught. and then the day of the attack, a teacher discovering disturbing drawings made by the suspect. a drawing of a semiautomatic handgun pointing at the words, quote, the thoughts won t stop, help me, end quote. reporter: both parents called to the school and shown the drawings but they never searched their son s backpack or told the school their son had access to a gun. the notion that a parent could read those words and also know that their son had access to a deadly weapon, that they gave him, is unconscionable and i think it s criminal. reporter: the suspect was allowed to return to class, hours later investigators say he went on a shooting spree, not long after an alleged text from jennifer crumbley to her son saying quote, ethan, don t do it. after hearing about the incident james crumbley went back to his
stating, quote, lol, i m not mad at you. you have to learn not to get caught. end quote. on november 30th, 21, the morning of the shooting, next day. evan s teacher came upon a note on ethan s desk that alarmed her to the point she took a picture of it on her cell phone. the note contained the following. a draug of a semiautomatic handgun pointing at words, quote, the thoughts won t stop. help me. end quote. in another section was a drawing of a bullet with the following word above, blood ever where. end quote. between the drawing of the gun and the bullet is a drawing of a person who appears to have been shot and pleading. below that figure is drawing of laughing emoji. further down are the words my life is useless, end quote and to the right of that are the words, quote, the world is dead. end quote. as a result, james and jennifer