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Shortly after that outreach, Jennifer exchanged text messages with her son, according to McDonald. That prompted attempts by worried school officials to contact his parents via phone and email the school got no response from the Crumbleys, said McDonald. The day before the attack, an Oxford High teacher had “observed Ethan searching ammunition on his cellphone during class,” according to McDonald-a common warning behavior in school shooting cases. “Mom and son day, testing out his new Christmas present,” Jennifer allegedly posted on social media the following day. “Just got my new beauty today,” Ethan posted on social media that same day, according to the complaint, along with photos of the Sig Sauer weapon. The details of the criminal complaint against the Crumbleys, who pleaded not guilty on Saturday, paints an incredibly disturbing picture of how the parents encouraged their son’s gun use and may have overlooked his murderous plans, Follman writes:Īccording to the criminal complaint described by McDonald at a press conference, the Sig Sauer 9mm pistol that Ethan used to kill fellow students was purchased by James Crumbley at a local gun store with his son present on November 26, four days before the rampage. Detroit police chief James White said at a press conference that the Crumbleys may have been attempting to flee to Canada.Īs my colleague Mark Follman wrote on Friday, “the case against them is a first of its kind in a high-profile school shooting.” They couple were found by police early Saturday morning hiding in commercial building in Detroit, 40 miles south of their home. The Crumbley parents were supposed to turn themselves in yesterday after prosecutors announced the manslaughter charges, but they instead withdrew $4,000 from an ATM and fled. Ethan Crumbley faces murder and terrorism charges.
#PARENTS OF MICHIGAN SHOOTER CHARGED FREE#
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Ī judge in Michigan set a $500,000 bond each for James and Jennifer Crumbley, who have been charged with manslaughter after their 15-year-old son killed four students with a semiautomatic handgun at Oxford High School.
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