the four victims that ethan crumbley shot. >> prosecutors ashs khus ethan crumbley's parents of disregardingisks when they bought a handgun for their son days before the shooting even though they knew he was struggling with mental health issues. >> despite her knowledge of his deteriorating mental crisis, and despite her knowledge of the growing social isolation, despite the fact that it is illegal for a 15-year-old to walk into a gun store and walk out with a handgun by himself, this gun was gifted. >> prosecutors say the parents, jennifer and james crumbley met with a school counselor on the day of the shooting after ethan crumbley made troublesome drawings on a worksheet. at that meeting the parents didn't mention they bought a gun for him, that they didn't take their son home and they didn't schedule an appointment with a medical professional as the counselor requested. >> jennifer crumbley was still given the opportunity to prevent the murders from ever happening. instead, she chose to do nothing. >> the defense argued that when she heard there was a shooter at the school, jennifer crum

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ethan crumbley's mother on trial in michigan. tonight her messages about the day they bought the gun for their son and her post when her son went to the range. later called to the school amid concerns over their son. what prosecutors say they never told the school. their son opened fire hours later. tonight democrats and republicans working to address a crisis the president has signals he can working to tonight has donald trump told them to stop working on any solution signaling the race for president should come first. here in new york city, meanwhile, trump taking the stand in the civil defamation trial against him. already found liable by a jury. what trump declared today in that courtroom. erin is there. >>> peter navorro sentenced to four months in prison. >>> in philadelphia, the urgent hunt and police pleading for help. what they've revealed about the teenager charged with murder who broke free and the new surveillance they put out. difficult images tonight, frightening moments during a traffic stop on the highway. trooper

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my son's name is ethan crumbley. >> jennifer texted her son.don't do it, but it was too late. madison baldwin, tate meyer, hyacinth juliana and justin schilling were dead. the couple now has separate trials. jennifer going first after she was overheard blaming her husband. >> do you swear or affirm -- >> a couple once united now pitted against each other in court. >> and those opening statements have just begun in pontiac, michigan. i think we do have live pictures and jennifer crumbley is in the courtroom. there are parents on that jury so you have parents judging parents and this is going to be a precedent-setting case that could go far exceedingly, the parents of a mass shooter, right? >> yeah. and we are watching pictures of jennifer crumbley being sat down in her chair and they've taken off her handcuffs and she's in regular clothes as all defendants usually are when they go to trial. thank you very much, jean, for that story to remind us of what happened and to remind us of the victims also in this case and why they are on trial. all righ

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crumbley. >> welcome back.han crumbley is serving life in prison for a 2021 school shooting that killed four students but his parents could serve time to. trial underway in michigan. prosecutors say she's responsible for her son's actions and the students' death. >> emotional testimony from victims and witnesses retelling the terrifying moments shoots other ethan crumbley opened fire at oxford high school in november, 2021. >> i looked down and um, i realized he was raiseing a gun to me. >> four students were killed and molly darnell was one of the 7 people wounded when crumbley opened fire. >> i texted my husband and i felt blood on my arm. >> thursday was opening statements against his mother jennifer who prosecutors argue ignored allred flags before her son went on deadly rampage facing four counts of involuntary manslaughter. >> jennifer didn't pull the trigger that day but is responsible for those deaths. . >> the prosecution showed a drawing of a person bleeding a gun and message that says my life is use

meantime, james crumbley's trial is set to begin in march. j.b.?s: elaine quijano, thank you. boeing ceo was back on capitol hill today facing more questions about the safety of his company's planes. cbs news is just learning that tomorrow, the first 737 max 9 jet will take off with passengers on board after weeks of being grounded. that will be an alaska airlines flight from seattle to san diego. here is cbs's senior transportation correspondent kris van cleave. >> reporter: the boeing production line stopped today for a safety stand down focused on quality control issues. >> the flying public is counting on us. >> reporter: the daylong production pause comes as questions swirl around an anonymous post purportedly by a boeing employee and a report in the air current that during final production, boeing accessed the door panel that eventually blew off an alaska airlines max 9 midflight in order to make repairs to the fuselage. if that work occurred, the four bolts holding the door in place would have to be removed. after the blow out, those bolts r

that memory still raw. >> i looked down, and i realized he was raising a gun to me. >> reporter: crumbley tearful at times leading to a heated exchange in front of the judge. >> to have not just the defendant, her lawyer sit there sobbing. >> i did not sob >> reporter: tonight, the defense asking jurors to keep an open mind. and we also learned today jennifer plans to take the stand. her attorneys say they aim to show who she was as a mother lester. >> adrienne broaddus, thank you. >>> there's a manhunt in pennsylvania for a 17-year-old murder suspect who escaped from authorities police say shane pryor ran away after police brought him to a hospital for a hand injury he has been awaiting trial since 2020 the u.s. marshal service says he may have escaped in a stolen pickup truck >>> now to the shocking news involving one of the biggest figures in professional wrestling, wwe founder vince mcmahon is accused of sexual assault and trafficking by a former employee. tom llamas has more on the lawsuit. we have to warn you, some of what you're about to hear is graphic. >> "wrestlemania"! >> repor

about purchasing the weapon, jennifer crumbley asking her husband, "you get gun?" they both got guns this week testing them out at the range. in court today, jennifer crumbley emotional, her attorney arguing she did the best she could as a mother, claiming the parents kept the gun under lock and key and school officials didn't inform her of several red flags or consider her son a threat. >> she did not have it on her radar in any way that there was any mental disturbance that her son would ever take a gun into a school, that her son would ever shoot people. >> jennifer to take the stand. her husband is set for his own trial in march. david? >> trevor ault with us. >>> we turn to the crisis at the boreder. democrats and republicans working for months to come up with a bipartisan solution. president biden is willing to compromise. tonight has donald trump told republicans though to stop working on any solution because of the race for president? here's mary bruce. >> reporter: with republican and democratic senators closing in on a rare bipartisan deal on tough new bo

we have these documents that came from ethan crumbley's defense team.ady knew that his defense attorneys were going to advise against him testifying. but now they have formally written and put this filing into in system saying that the, quote, defendant respectfully requests that the court deny the defense motion as to compel testimony for ethan crumbley and his doctors and deny admission of his confidential records entirely. this wasn't just about ethan crumbley testifying but about getting records from a psychiatrist who had evaluated him. that's the new information that just came out in a filing that we have obtained a short time ago. i'm just checking on what's going on in the courtroom right now. we have heard for hours from an expert witness, a former detective and a computer crimes expert, a witness put on the stand by the prosecution. that witness is now being cross examined by the defense. that's something we have been following along with. there have been a series of messages, as well as photos shown in court today, the prosecution trying to c

the jury seeing the police interview with ethan crumbley's parents, confronting their son hours after the shooting. you'll see the video. >> why? >> i love you. >> and what prosecutors say it shows. >>> the alarming images tonight. the suspect accused of trying to kidnap an 11-year-old girl on her way to school, getting out of his car, lunging at her. >>> there is news coming in tonight about king charles and princess catherine. >>> in the u.s., the dog owner clinging to the hood of this speeding car after her dog was stolen, a mid a rash of dog thefts in this country. >>> tonight, the major headline involving what could be amelia earhart's lost plane what we've learned. >>> and the super bowl is set tonight. already the odds on which team. the stars on the field, and the one star off. will taylor swift be there? what about her concert in tokyo? fans have already done the math tonight. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a monday night. we begin tonight with the deadly drone attack killing three u.s. soldiers, injuring dozens of other troops on a u.s. base in t

he spoke of the meeting that he had with ethan crumbley's parents on the day of the shooting. that meeting was over concerns raised from this drawing that included a picture of a gun and the words, the thoughts won't stop. help me. the dean explained that he returned ethan crumbley's backpack to him without searching it because there was no reason to suspect any wrongdoing, according to the testimony. the bag contained the weapon used in the shooting. let's talk about it now with cnn legal analyst and x defense journey extraordinary, joey jackson. joey, i have been thinking about this trial, the testimony that came in today, i thought of you. the dean also had this to say today on the stand. listen. >> did jennifer crumbley effort tell you she had given her son a nine millimeter handgun just days before the strike was created? >> she did not, no. with >> that have been important to you? >> absolutely, yes. >> would that have completed the full picture? >> it would have, and it would have completely changed the process that we followed. >> how do you think the jury will see all

ethan crumbley pleaded guilty and was sentenced last month. >> the defendant shall serve the rest of his life without the possibility of parole. >> reporter: the four students who died ranged in age from 14 to 17. seven others were wounded, including teacher molly darnell. >> i realize he is raising a gun to me. >> reporter: she showed jurors her bullet wound as she described what happened that day. >> i texted my husband "i love you, active shooter." and then i started feeling blood dripping down my arm. >> reporter: prosecutors say jennifer crumbley and her husband, james, ignored warning signs of mental health issues, including drawings of a gun with the words "the thoughts won't stop come help me." they bought him a gun as a gift. the defense revealed crumbley herself will testify. >> she did not have it on her radar in any way that there was any mental disturbance, that her son would ever take a gun into a school, that her son would ever shoot people. >> reporter: if convicted, the crumbleys could each face 15 years in prison, not for what they did, say prosecutors, but what the

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what charges is jennifer crumbley facing and what is next here?it's homicide, it's that she caused the death of the students that her son alone pulled the trigger on because of her gross negligence. that she knew that he had mental issues that she allowed her husband to go and get a gun, purchasing it on black friday, that she went target shooting with him and then he took it to school, she was called to school along with her husband because of drawings of a gun and bullets and blood saying my life is useless and a short time after that was the mass shooting. so the exposure here is 15 years and there's four counts because there were four students that were murdered, so that would be 60 years that potentially she's facing. here's the issue now. you see, even crumbley had texted his friend, he was a loner, stating his bedroom all the time, used to text his friend of thousands of text, text his friend, i told my mom and dad i've got mental issues, i tell them take me to a doctor and he says to me just take a pill and suck it up and my mother laughs.

hudson the evidence and this case will show that ethan crumbley's mother, jennifer crumbley, didn't pullrigger but she is as responsible for the death of those for anderson students and that michigan high school as her son's. it will show that even though, typically a parent is not held responsible for the intentional actions of their children, there are exceptions to this role. and this case, the evidence is so overwhelming and so heinous that this is that exception. the evidence will show that this defendant ignored flashing red lights and waving gigantic red flags. the evidence will show she knew her son had very severe mental health issue. he complained to her repeatedly about hallucinating, feeling isolated, feeling alone, hearing voices. and having physicians of using violence against others. it will show despite no one all of this, this defendant put her own selfish desires over the needs of kherson. she would not take him to a medical facility. she wouldn't take him to a doctor or hospital. but she found time and her schedule to have an affair, outside of her a marriage, and to c

one, -- let's talk about the ethan crumbley mother's trial, jennifer crumbley.is again the first time this country has grappled with a parent of being charged for the actions of their child, a minor at the time, who committed this horrific act. we've got some new footage, it's never before seen footage, joey, of jennifer and james crumbley, the parents of ethan crumbley, seeing their son at the police station right after the shooting. look at this. >> [inaudible] >> why? i >> [inaudible] >> why? >> i love you, i love you, i love you. i love you, i love you, i love you. [inaudible] >> [crying] -- [inaudible] [bleep] >> now you look at this, and she is crying, someone is saying i love you, and she's asking the question why. how does this play into her defense? >> so, one piece of evidence, which would suggest that she's, what do you mean, why, why, why, very surprised. remember, three things are really important here, laura. number one, foreseeability. is it foreseeable that your son would behave in this way under circumstances where he has mental health maladies

. >> jennifer crumbley didn't pull the trigger that day, but she is responsible for those deaths. >>orter: prosecutors laying out why they believe jennifer crumbley should be held accountable for her 15-year-old son's actions, he killed four people at oxford high school. the defense hitting back. >> he did something she could have never anticipated, fathomed or predicted. >> reporter: crumbley charged with involuntary manslaughter, the first parent in the u.s. ever charged in a mass school shooting carried out by their child. >> they didn't do any number of tragically small and easy things that would have prevented all of this from happening. >> reporter: the defense, appearing to shift blame on to crumbley's husband james who has a separate trial. >> james crumbley was responsible for getting the gun out, putting the trigger lock back on, storing the gun. >> reporter: prosecutors showing this video of jennifer and ethan together at the gun range and calling its first witnesses. >> so it entered here and exited here. >> reporter: teacher molly darnell showed jurors where she was shot

jennifer crumbley and her husband are both charged, but are being tried separately.trying to paint her as an absentee mother. nbc's jesse kirsch reports from pontiac, michigan. >> this is the first time a parent is on trial in connection with his or her child's mass shooting. prosecutors argue both james and jennifer crumbley share the blame for their son, ethan's rampage. they've both been charged with involuntary manslaughter, and this week, jennifer, became the first to go on trial. >> ethan crumbley killed four classmates at oxford high school in november, 2021. but prosecutors argue his parents, james and jennifer crumbley, are also responsible for the massacre. >> at first, it didn't seem real. >> computer crimes expert and bear grass key testifying friday about several messages prosecutors portraying jennifer crumbley as a negligent mother. >> okay, the house is now -- >> grassley testified on march 2021, the shooter claimed he took a picture of a demon, asking his mother, can you at least text back? >> prosecutors revealing that around the time, the shooter s

>> the judge hasn't said anything in regards to ethan crumbley testifying.aid knowing ethan crumbley -- and i'm paraphrasing here -- will plead the fifth, what else can you ask him besides what's his favorite color? the judge also told the defense attorney that she and her team had been working behind the scenes trying to find a case that supports their request, but so far they haven't had any luck. inside of the courtroom this morning, we've heard from the owner of a horse farm. she's on the stand at this hour testifying, and the prosecution is trying to paint this picture that jennifer crumbley cared more about her two horses than she did her son. we learned crumbley spent at least $200 a month according to this woman testifying for supplements for her horses. and we also learned after friday there was some back and forth about evidence that would be introduced, and we're talking about facebook messaging between jennifer crumbley and her husband, james. well, this morning, crumbley went on the record saying she does not want those messages redacted or excl

ethan crumbley was sentenced to five life sentences without parole last month. ben johnson represents families of several victims, and says they want ethan's parents held accountable. >> those parents sat in that room with the administrators and didn't tell them about the gun, didn't tell them about all the problems that this kid was having at home. >> reporter: do your clients feel this is a form of justice? >> they do, yes. >> reporter: and jennifer crumbley's attorneys have asked the judge to compel ethan to testify in her trial. the lawyers representing ethan say that's something they'll advise against. lester >> adrienne broaddus, thank you. >>> coming up, our exclusive interview with the ceo of alaska airlines we go on board one of those grounded boeing jets. plus, why he says he is angry at the company, next. >>> back now with our nbc news exclusive the ceo of alaska airlines expressing his anger at boeing after a door plug blew off one of its brand-new 737 max-9 planes mid-flight. today, he took our tom costello aboard one of the grounded planes to show

jennifer crumbley's attorney again questioned why school officials didn't do more. today, the dean of students testified the parents didn't tell them they had bought their son a gun, which would have changed the school's response. david? >> david: trevor ault on this case again tonight. thank you, trevor. >>> we're going to turn next this evening to what could be a major head call breakthrough. elon musk announcing his company neuralink has implanted a chip in a human brain. what this could potentially mean for patients with paralysis, after strokes, accidents, and diseases including a.l.s. here's abc's will reeve tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a sign of hope for millions of americans living with paralysis. billionaire elon musk announcing that his company neuralink has surgically implanted its first brain chip in a human. he says the patient is recovering well and called the initial results promising. >> the device is designed to interpret your neural activity so you can operate a computer or a smartphone by simply thinking. >> reporter: the goal is to help patient

here's abc's trevor ault. >> while jennifer crumbley sat in a squad car outside her home in the hours after learning her son had opened fire at oxford high school, she told an investigating officer her son was a good kid and she and her husband were not bad people. >> so like, i just my son just ruined his life. i was i never see him again. >> crumbley, now on trial for involuntary manslaughter, telling the officer everything had been normal when her son went to school and he had, quote, no mental issues, i don't yes, i don't get what happened inside the house. detectives discovering these gun range targets with bullet holes on the walls of the shooter's bedroom. an empty bottle of whiskey next to the then 15 year old's bed in the master bedroom, an open gun case next to an empty box of ammunition for a nine millimeter handgun and inside the tv stand, two other weapons found locked in a gun case. prosecutors noting the code. >> what was it? >> it was a000, crumbly, telling the investigator she'd been at the school the morning of the attack for an emergency meeting with the shooter's c

meantime, james crumbley's trial is set to begin in march.quijano, thank you. >>> boeing's ceo was back on capitol hill today facing more questions about the safety of his company's planes. cbs news is just learning that tomorrow the first 737 max 9 jet will take off with passengers on board after weeks of being grounded. that will be an alaska airlines flight from seattle to san diego. here's cbs's senior transportation correspondent kris van cleave. >> reporter: the boeing production line stopped today for a safety standdown focused on quality control issues. >> the flying public is counting on us. >> reporter: the day-long production pause comes as questions swirl around an anonymous post purportedly by a boeing employee and an report in the air current that during final production, boeing accessed the door panel that eventually blew off a max 9 mid-flight in order to make repairs to the fuselage. if that work occurred, the four bolts holding the door in place would have to be removed. after the blowout, those bolts remain unaccounted for.

james crumbley bought for his son the gun he used to kill his classmates. concerns flagged by the school went unheeded. the day before the shooting, on november 29th, oxford high informed jennifer crumbley that her son was looking up ammunition on his phone. she texted him: lol i'm not mad, you have to learn not to get caught, lol. hours before the shooting began, teachers discovered this worksheet on ethan's desk, covered with violent warning signs. below a drawing of a gun, he wrote: the thoughts won't stop, help me. and blood everywhere, and a drawing of a bullet. when a teacher saw the sheet, he scratched much of it out, including what appears to be a shooting victim, dripping with blood. ethan's parents were called into school that morning, but officials say they resisted taking him home, and made no mention of any gun. shortly after they left, their son began his rampage. when news of the shooting got out in the community, jennifer crumbley texted her son, writing, ethan, don't do it. but it was too late. karen mcdonald is the oakland county prosecuto

son ethan crumbley testify. attorneys have said they will advise against him testifying and there's even a question of if the judge will require this. here's an exchange on that earlier today. >> you are not allowed to put someone on the stand knowing that they're -- and i cannot think of a single question beyond what is your name that would not implicate his fifth amendment rights. so i don't know what you could even ask him that he would answer or that his lawyers would let him answer. >> reporter: so no official ruling at this point from the judge, but she has indicated that she appears unlikely to be compelling ethan crumbley to testify at his mother's trial here, ana. >> okay, jesse, thank you very much for that reporting, and msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos is back with us. the defense seems to be arguing that this is a mother who just didn't know what her son was capable of. how much pressure or weight does that put on her testimony if and when she is put on the stand? >> it would be helpful to her to

. >>> a witness in jennifer crumbley's manslaughter trial tells the jury that crumbley had very few positive things to say about her son. she is in trial for involuntary manslaughter after her son killed four classmates in 2021. prosecutors are trying to prove that the shooter's parents bear blame for the oxford school shooting, for neglecting their son, and giving him access to a gun. we have been watching the testimony. walk us through what you have heard. >> reporter: i want to tell you what is happening right now. the counselor, shawn hopkins, who was the counselor at oxford high school, he is on the stand. it comes to that critical day, november 30th, two hours before the mass shooting happened. i think we have the map drawing, it is the drawing on his math worksheet that ethan crumbley had a stick figure, a gun, bullets and blood and my wife life is worthless. he just testified that he felt jennifer crumbley thought it was an inconvenience that she had to be brought to the school. he talked with them and wanted even sent home and they said they had to go back to work. that is when etha

prosecutors argue that jennifer and james crumbley shared the blame for ethan crumbley's rampage.untary manslaughter. jennifer was the first to go on trial this week. ethan crumbley killed four classmates at oxford high school in november of 2021. prosecutors argue his parents, james and jennifer crumbley are also responsible for the massacre. >> first, it did not seem real. >> the prosecutor testifying friday after several messages. prosecutors portraying jennifer as a negligent mother. testifying in march of 2021 that the shooter took a picture of a demon asking his mother. >> can you text back. >> reporter: around the time the shooter sent those messages, prosecutors say his parents were out riding horses. his mother calling. >> an hour and a half after the text. that was a 19-second call? >> correct. >> reporter: hours before the rampage, prosecutors showing jennifer crumbley saw the hand written note saying help me with a drawing of a gun. after the meeting at the school, jennifer crumbley contacted someone about a horse before messaging her son. >> you know you can talk to u

crumbley, also facing manslaughter charges will be tried separately in 2021, ethan crumbley opened fire high school, killing four students and injuring several others prosecutors say he used a semiautomatic handgun purchased by his dad as an early christmas gift, days before the shooting crumbley, 15 at the time, posting online, quote, just got my new beauty today. >> the terror that he caused in the state of michigan and in oxford is a true act of terrorism. >> reporter: prosecutors also say there were warning signs days before the shooting when a teacher saw crumbley searching for ammunition online. his parents allegedly dismissed calls from the school at the time authorities say jennifer crumbley sent a text saying, quote, l.o.l., i'm not mad at you. you have to learn not to get caught and the day of the attack, a teacher discovering hand drawn images of a gunpointing at the words, the thoughts won't stop, help me. both parents were called to the school but prosecutors say they declined a request to take ethan home crumbley charged as an adult received a life sentence without parole

. >> jennifer crumbley didn't pull the trigger that, day she is responsible for those. >> reporter: prosecutors laying out their case, why jennifer crumbley should also be held responsible for the shooting deaths of four students, committed by her son in november 2021, at oxford high school in michigan. >> despite her knowledge of his deteriorating mental crisis, despite her knowledge of his growing social isolation, this gun was gifted. >> reporter: in an unusual move prosecutes brought in involuntary manslaughter charges against crumbley and her husband james, accusing them of disregarding the risks when buying a gun for their son. four days before the shooting. even though, he was struggling with mental health. >> they didn't do any number of tragically small and easy things that would've prevented all this from happening. >> reporter: kremlin her husband are being tried separately, pitted against each other now after jennifer was overheard in jail blaming her husband. both have pleaded, not guilty. the death fence arguing that crumbley could not know that her son st

ethan crumbley pulled the trigger. he is responsible, not jennifer. >> again, this would really be the first of its case verdict if it did go against the parents for what they really did not do incasarez, thank you for being with us. keep moderating and let us know when the news happens. sara. >> dramatic testimony. >>> here's another first of its kind. the clock is now ticking on ala alabama about to do something we've never seen in the united states. kenneth eugene smith is set to be put to death by nitrogen gas pending his second last-minute appeal. this is a new and untested method of execution that his attorneys claim could cause excessive pain or even a to torturous death. smith is on death row for his part in a 1988 murder for hire of a minister's wife. this morning, his attorneys asked the supreme court again to pause this execution. i want to bring in brian stevenson for more perspective on this. he is the founder and executive director of the equal justice initiative. first of all, we talked a little bit befo

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but that was the beginning of those charges for the crumbley's . what we believe may be the last text that they had with their son, because remember, they have not seen their son since this happened. but they had text from that day of november 30th. ethan, don't do it. father saying call me, and somebody else saying hey, did you get shot? those of the communications from ethan's phone. >> thank you so much for the update. stay with cnn news central, we will be right back. growing up, my parents wanted me to become a doctor or an engineer. those are good careers! but i chose a different path. first, as mayor and then in the legislature. i enshrined abortion rights in our california constitution. in the face of trump, i strengthened hate crime laws and lowered the costs for the middle class. now i'm running to bring the fight to congress. you were always stubborn. and on that note, i'm evan low, and i approve this message. you may know adam schiff's work to protect the rule of law, or to build affordable housing, or write california's patients bill o

now to the unprecedented trial of a michigan school shooter's mother prosecutors allege jennifer crumbley ignored repeated red flags about her son, and today, the jury saw dramatic vid yes of her in a police car after the massacre here is maggie vespa >> reporter: tonight, recorded in a squad car and played for a jury, a michigan mom coming to terms with her son's rampage. >> this is [ bleep ] up my son just ruined his life i'll probably never see him again. >> reporter: jennifer crumbley now facin involuntary manslaughter charges for the 2021 oxford school shooting, during which her then 15-year-old son ethan killed four students prosecutors playing this video from the hours after. in ethan's two bedrooms, investigators found boarded up windows, a bb gun, and targets riddled with bullet holes. >> does he know how to handle a firearm >> that's our hobby, we go to the gun range. >> reporter: in his parents' bedroom, an empty gun box. >> come home and he like opened the gun box. and the gun was gone >> reporter: prosecutors arguing crumbley and her husband, who will be tried separately, ign

jennifer crumbley's former supervisor there on the stand.er the school officials back on the stand, testifying about meetings with the crumbleys going through the warning signs, leading up to the shooting and what one official called, quote, odd response from jennifer crumbley in that sit-down. she faces charges of involuntary manslaughter in a first of its kind trial that could hold her accountable for the school shooting. alongside her son and potentially her husband. cnn's jean casarez is joining me now. jean, what is happening right now in court, who is on the stand? >> we just had the dean of students on the stand. he talked about the monday before the shooting, we've heard this before but he's reiterating it that ethan was in english class and he was researching bullets on his phone. the english teacher saw it. she sends an email to officials in school. this made me think about what he's done in english glass. he's written violent things in english class this year. then on tuesday, of course, was that drawing in the early morning hours

james crumbley will be tried separately in march.e, can you remind our viewers about the case against jennifer crumbley, the mom. >> reporter: let's start with the first question, and remind folks about this case, it takes our viewers back to the year 2021. that's when ethan crumbley, two was then 15, walked into his high school x oxford high school here in michigan, he shot and killed four of his classmates, he injured several others, ethan crumbley was sentenced last month, he's serving life without the possibility of parole right now, he's now 17, he was 15 at the time of the shooting, his parents jennifer and james crumbley are facing four counts of involuntary manslaughter, ethan's mother jennifer will be tried first, her trial, jury selection for it is you should way in this courthouse behind me right now and we're getting information from our court reporter who's inside, just to paint a picture for you, our judge has asked potential jurors if anyone has an oxford sign in their front yard and reminded the potential jurors they'

jeanne, jennifer crumbley's attorneys said that she will take the stand at some point.are you hearing about what they anticipate that will look like? >> i think that will be a pivotal moment, because she has got to explain, she has got to talk about the day to day life with ethan and what she experienced. of course there will be cross-examination by the prosecution, but i think she has to testify. they're just getting back from lunch now, getting back into session, but there was a late witness right before lunch that was the assistant manager, the office manager at the counter when james crumbley walked in on november 26 and purchase that six hour nine millimeter gun. it was four days later that the mass shooting happened. the clerk said that he had a teenager with him, that would be ethan. ethan didn't talk at all when he was purchasing the gun. on defense, they said with jennifer dare there at the gun shop? no? what's her name on any paperwork for that gun? no. but before that, it was all in motion. the assistant principle of oxford high school, christy gibson marshal

what you could hear from crumbley herself when she takes the stand. in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus. for a limited time you can get up to $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. yup, $1000. so switch to business internet from the company with the largest fastest reliable network. give your business a head start in 2024 with this great offer. plus, ask how to get up to $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. >>> we have been looking at a michigan courtroom as day two of the trial for a school shooter's mother is underway. it is unprecedented what is happening. right now, the prosecution is presenting evidence including messages between jennifer crumbley and her husband james. we could soon hear from jennifer herself. during opening remarks, her defense attorney said she's going to take the stand in the case against her. her son killed four students at oxford high school on november 30th, 2

. >>> jury selection has begun in the trial against the mother of michigan school shooter ethan crumbley f prosecutors allege that she and her husband recklessly ignored warning signs from their son >> reporter: a parent facing criminal charges for a mass shooting carried out by their child. jennifer crumbly on trial for a shooting her son committed her husband will be tried separately >> they are charged with involuntary manslaughter, that they had a duty of ordinary care to predict against their son getting his hands on the weapon. >> reporter: prosecutors say ethan crumbley used a semi-automatic handgun bought by his dad as a gift to kill four classmates his parents also overlooked warning signs, pointing to a teacher who saw crhim searching for ammunition online. jennifer sent ethan a text saying, quote, lol, i'm not mad at you you have to learn not to get caught ethan crumbley was sentenced to life five life sentences without parole last month. the attorneys want ethan's parents held accountable >> those parents sat in the room with administrators and didn't tell about the gun, all