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my life is useless, and the world is dead." >> we're going hear from each and every person in ethan'saised a r flag or a concern. that's also going to be used by the prosecution to show this level of negligence that they should have known or seen these red flags, and for all intents and purposes, they ignored it. >> reporter: crumbley's parents were immediately summoned to school and they met with officials there, who informed them their son had to receive mental health counseling within 48 hours. according to the school, the parents resisted taking him home. >> his return back to class with his backpack where we have reason to believe the gun was stored in the backpack. >> reporter: at 12:51 p.m., surveillance video shows crumbley entering a bathroom carrying a backpack. soon after, he exits without the backpack and now with the gun in hand. >> my teacher, the look on her face, i'll never forget. the look on my classmate's maces i'll never forget. her and i start to barricade the doors. >> reporter: at 1:22 p.m., 30 minutes after the shooting began, jennifer crumbley texts her son, d

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with ethan at the school.ents after the speaking, they told the parents that it would be a 48 hour period they had to get ethan some help. they agreed to do so, was permitted to go back to his, jennifer and james left the school. believed he had the gun at the time, the backpack was not searched. he used that gun where he unfortunately wound up killing four students there at the school. the authorities rushed to the school, meaning the sheriff's department. they were immediately able to arrest ethan. and from that, there was an investigation. there was a part of the investigation the prosecutor there decided that she wanted to bring manslaughter charges against james and jennifer crumbley. but the problem was that the prosecutor, it is alleged put out the charges, let it be known to the public that she was charging james and jennifer crumbley with first degree -- i say to be correct, with involuntary manslaughter. then what happened was came out and said that he was unaware of this. he had not learned it throu

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ethan, don't do it. ethan, don't do it. the father then called the sheriff's department, and he said that he thought that perhaps his son ethan was involved and that he was looking for his weapon. so those are are the facts -- neil: do we know, ted, cowe know the timing of that? i know the don't do it text from his mother, but i don't know that was before the shootings. i do know the father did call police after the shootings to tell police he suspected the shooter was his son, so that might be crucial here. but how do you sort that out? >> well, that's going to be crucial, but it appears as though the shootings had already taken place because the crumbleys appear if to have been reacting to communications that they had gotten from the school that there was, in fact, a shooting. so all of these things have to be sorted out -- neil: right. >> but this is just a sad, horrific situation, neil. neil: it is. you know, ted the, another thing too that struck me is that, you know, he was there at the time in the

on ethan's desk which alarmed her to the point that she took a picture of it on her cell phone. note contain the following, the drawing of a semiautomatic handgun pointing at the words, "the thoughts won't stop, help me." on another section with a drawing of a bullet with the following words above, "blood everywhere." between the drying of the gun and the bullet and the drying of the person who has been shot twice and bleeding. below that figure is a drawing of a laughing mot. further down the drawing is the words "my life is useless." and also the quote the world is dead. as a result james and jennifer were immediately summoned to the school and the shooter was brought to the office with his backpack. the counselor obtained the grind but the shooter had already altered it. the drawings of the gun and the bloody figure were scratched out along with the words, "help me and my life is useless, the world is dead, and blood everywhere." those were all altered by him. at that meeting, james and jennifer crumbley were shown the drawings and were advised that they were required to get

ethan's parents, james and jennifer, were found in detroit.tted to police and came into custody. they had been... they had fled the scene after the killings because according to their lawyer, they felt they needed to for their own security because there are high feelings running in the area obviously, in this area of oxford in the state of michigan. the authorities in the united states had offered a reward of $10,000 for information leading to their request. the pairfaced charges of involuntary manslaughter. they face four counts each. that is because it is felt that they committed egregious acts in allowing the situation to arise whereby ethan had access to a gun, his father apparently bought it for him as a christmas present, and then there were warnings from the school about ethan's behaviour, text messages from the school warning the parents about his behaviour but these were not taken account of. also, on the day of the shootings, apparently the school had been concerned and had contacted the parents to say that ethan had made a drawing o

do it, ethan, don't do it. as a result of that email which is going to be very essential in the prosecution here, because as we now know they have been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter so the investigation in and of itself is continuing. >> thank you once again for being with us and unpacking this this morning. we are going to go now to former fbi investigator bill daley. we spoke to him earlier when this news came down. can you hear me? so with law enforcement let's go to the police talking about catching them in this commercial building, from your experience, what do you see happening next as far as the person or people who potentially, this is all speculative but according to police, what we just heard from them they said they could absolutely potentially face charges since they were on the run. >> a couple things. first of all, very good police work to identify them and locate them using sources or technology to find out where they may have been but someone was harboring or aided and abe

the mother texted ethan after the shooting happened, in the moments after it, "ethan, don't do it." that seems to imply that she had an idea that he might do something. how is that going to affect it, tom? >> i think that will be a critical part of the prosecution's case, katy. i think you've hit the nail exactly on the head. what the prosecutor has to show is that the parents had some knowledge that something like this might happen. and that's difficult to show or prove, isn't it? but with a statement like that, certainly the implication is going to be, and the circumstantial evidence is going to be, and their argument will be, that that shows that the mother was aware that this tragedy might happen and that she was concerned to text ethan about not doing it. >> so the prosecutor talked about how she was sending a warning. she was careful to say, though, she's not going to blame every parent whose kid does something like this. she understands that some kids are emotionally disturbed and parents have a hard time with their kids. let me play what she said when she was asked whether s

crumbley texted her soon, ethan, don't do it. and mr. crumbley went to his home purposely to search for this weapon because he was afraid his son had the weapon and was in fact shooting people and hurting them. which as we know, is exactly what happened. >> and athena jones is live in michigan. we may have to interrupt you in a few moments as we know the press conference with the sheriff is going to get started any moment. these accusations are so unsettling. tell us if you can real quick, what else did we hear at today's proceedings before we go to this press conference? >> reporter: hi, jim. we heard from the lawyers representing jennifer and james crumbley. something very interesting. they argued their clients were never planning to run away. they weren't trying to flee. they were getting their finances in order. listen to some of that from this morning. >> the press conference know. here we go. >> we are obviously, this has moved forward at lightning speed on lots of levels. so as it relates to the two suspects that were charged, the

for instance, searched the backpack that ethan crumbley had with him.superintendent's letter the crumbleys did not share with the school district that ethan had access to a firearm or recently purchased him a firearm and we don't know from that letter with the school officials asked him directly whether ethan had access to a weapon. prosecutor karen mcdonald was asked on "new year's day" whether school officials would be charged. >> it's under investigation. we haven't ruled out charging anyone. pour first priority is keeping the community safe and holding people accountable who could have prevented this, and right now the crumbleys are those two people. none of this should have happened. >> reporter: so clearly a decision on that not made yet, but sheriff of oakland county says he really wishes the school had come to law enforcement with these concerns before the shooting. maybe they could have prevented this sort of carnage. ana. >> so much hindsight 20/20 at this point. thanks so much. >>> joining us now is criminal defense attorney sara azari. here'

. >> ethan! >> ethan! >> ethan! >> ethan! ethan! >> how did it work? much information were you given? >> i knew the shape of my life, my characters relationship with claire's character and with my son. i knew job i did, whe i grew up, where my parents were. i didn't know anything after the moment that the cameras started rolling. my first day on the job, i woke up at like 4:30 a.m. i was given coordinates to go to. i got in the car. i drove to the coordinates. turns out it was a ferry terminal. i drive on the ferry. the cameras are rolling. >> the idea behind "my son" was that of a man who is never there because of his work, but he's also running away from life. he is forced to return because his son has disappeared. his guilt from having neglected his son comes up to the surface. he does things that are at time borderline, all in the name of finding his son. this idea came to me about 20 years ago, but not the idea of keeping the script from the actor. at the time, i wanted to make a somewhat normal film with a script, with read throughs. for one reas

we know on tuesday after a second counselor notified them concerning ethan's concerning drawings, ethan told the counselor the drawings depicted a handgun, blood on a body, images of ammunition. he said it portrayed a video game and he wanted to make video games for a career. police asked specific questions of ethan crumb ley. based on his answers, they said he wasn't a risk based on his calm answers. it was determined that ethan could go back to class because he didn't have any prior disciplinary infractions in his record. because of that, he was allowed to go back to class, but a key point in all of this is this superintendent writes that ethan crumbley's parents did not tell the district about the firearm or the fact they had just bought a firearm for their son. one of the confusing things is whether they asked his parents if he had access to a gun. phil? >> great reporting the last several days. athena johnson, thank you. >>> critics are trying to emphasize the critical importance of masking and vaccinations and boosters. >> the next six months really depend on how we mobilize toget

another on the day of the shooting said ethan, don't do it. what does this say to you, andrew, that these texts were being sent by the mother? folks out there having this discussion, you know, how can we charge the parents in all of this? your thoughts. >> well, it's really remarkable, jim, on a couple of levels. first, you talk about all those warning signs that the people at the school saw. they didn't have access to or didn't know the one absolutely crucial piece of this puzzle, which the parents did know, and that was that they had purchased him a gun over the weekend. so you know, to then look at the texts from the mother around this incident with knowledge that she had armed him essentially over the weekend. taken him to the range and presumably practiced shooting the weapon. it's really confounding. and you know, you have a case here where the prosecution's going to have to prove essentially that this couple acted unreasonably and those are typically tough cases. it's hard, you're putting that into the hands of a jury. it's a very subje

we're learning about some of the moments that ethan was arrested.ake a listen here to the sheriff, mike bouchard, in a news conference yesterday. >> two of our deputies that were moving down that hall together seeking out the threat and as they came into that hallway, they observed the subject and he basically gave up. as they were approaching them, the weapon was put to the ground and he put his hands up. he gave up pretty much as soon as one of the deputies called out gun, and he gave up. when he was taken into custody, there were some 18 unexpended rounds. and that's what i keep reminding them, 18. 18. could have been 18 more kids. >> so joe, why are prosecutors also charging the parents? they're citing evidence including social media posts that the parents purchased the handgun for their son and that on the day of the shootings, the parents were contacted by school officials after a teacher found a note from their son ethan in which he had scribbled, quote, blood everywhere. and, quote, the thoughts won't stop. help me. the reaction to that was

when ethan crumbley's parents arrived at the school on tuesday this left says that coupleors asked ethanestions about his potential for self-harm or to harm others, and the answers that ethan and his parents provide led the counselors to conclude that he didn't intend to harm himself or anyone else. that's one of the reasons he was allowed to go back into class. another convenient that the school suggested that ethan's parents take him home and they refuse and so that's why he was sent back to class, but here's one thing that's not answered by this letter. these probing questions that the school counselors asked the crumbleys, it doesn't sound like they asked whether or not ethan crumbley had access to a weapon. that's something that's still very much not clear here. fred? >> or a request of searching the bag in a he had at that time. >> all right. athena jones, thank you so much for that. >> all right. now to this water crisis in hawaii. the city of honolulu has shut down its largest water source which comes from the navy's base near pearl harbor after officials found petroleum chemical

it's ethan crumbley, age 15. we want to keep our focus on the victims. >> reporter: the prosecutor laying out the charges today. >> we are charging this individual with one count of terrorism causing death. four counts of first-degree murder, seven counts of assault with intent to murder and 12 counts of possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. we have charged four counts of first-degree murder which requires premeditation. and i am absolutely sure after reviewing the evidence that it isn't even a close call. it was absolutely premeditated. >> reporter: an oxford, michigan, student shot 11 people, killing four. 17-year-old madisyn baldwin, 16-year-old t tate myre, hana st. juliana and justin shilling, just 17 years old, died earlier today. a few miles from the school, the pittman family grieves. >> i can't see justin. i can't see two of my closest friends. >> reporter: during the shooting, javon pittman hid under a desk and called his dad for help. >> i was whispering because i didn't want the shoot

the same jail where their son ethan crumbley is being held. one thing we heard from the lawyers representing the crumbley, the parents, is that they argue they were not on the run. they were going to turn themselves in. at one point one lawyer apologized to the court. this is what she said. take a listen. >> i had no? there was a 4:00 arraignment the media had so many reports of random times quite frankly we didn't believe -- >> counsel, we're not getting into -- >> i just want to apologize to the court because we weren't error. >> reporter: there you hear the judge saying we're not getting into that. these parents withdrew $4,000 from an atm. very near the place they were supposed to be arraigned yesterday. they certainly didn't act as though they were planning to turn themselves in. what's also interesting about this case is the fact that charges are brought at all against the parents in a high school shooting case that is not commonly done, but in this case, oakland county prosecutor karen mcdonald says these parents need to be held account

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at school, a teacher spotted ethan searching online for ammunition and alerted his mother. 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's actually highly unusual. it's 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. bell chimes. at a candlelit vigil in oxford last night, the community came together to honour the four teenagers. four minutes of bell ringing, one minute for each victim. ethan crumbley is

at 1:22 his mother text ethan, don't do it. his father? an active shooter on that day, mr. crumbley drove straight to his home to look for his gun. >> reporter: 1:37 the dad calls 911 to report his gun missing and to say his son may be involved. but in the wake of the note just hours before the violence, officials clearly thought there should have been more. >> 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: of course, there are questions about whether school officials acted properly but the prosecutor says simply anyone who saw the warning signs who could have stopped this should have done something. don? >> tom foreman, thank you very much. joining me now the state attorney for palm beach county, florida. dave, thank you for joining us this evening. i wish we were talking about something better but my gosh, what an awful story. you know, parents are rarely charged in school shootings. do you believe four

ethan explained that the drawing that he had was designing a video game. the question for you, sheriff, is, was the picture of the drawing taken by the teacher to the counselor so that the counselor would know? because apparently ethan had scratched over the most disturbing part. >> yeah, i'd have to, again, pull the actual investigative jacket to know what the counselor saw at the time and that's part of the investigation. but again, my reaction to the whole process is that if it was concerning to the teacher and the classroom, enough ultimately to call in parents, at that point, we would have loved to have been looped in. >> thank you. >> sheriff, the attorneys for the parents said that what's been presented so far has been cherry picked and slanted. obviously, this investigation is still ongoing, there's a lot that we do not know, but does what has been released to the public now, does that paint a fairly complete and accurate representation of what happened here? >> well, i certainly think that that's, you know, a part of the picture, and we're still,

ethan posting this image of a weapon and the words, just got my new beauty today. the next day, his mother's post, mom and son day, testing out his new xmas present. the gun believed to be in his backpack in a meeting before being sent back to class. abc's trevor ault leads us off in michigan. >> i'm angry as a mother. i'm angry as the prosecutor. >> reporter: tonight, oakland county michigan prosecutor karen mcdonald taking a rare if not unprecedented step, charging the parents of the 15-year-old accused in the oxford high school shooting rampage. >> you are the parents of ethan crumbley, is that correct in. >> yes. >> that is correct. >> reporter: the couple last seen at their son's arraignment charged as an adult. due to turn themselves in today. the attorney saying they're not on the run, but their whereabouts unclear. their son charged as an adult. he's pleaded not guilty to 25 counts. >> there were a lot of things that could have been so simple to prevent. >> reporter: today the prosecutor levelling shocking accusations against the parents. alleging on black

ethan, don't do it. minutes later, prosecutors say james crumbley calls 911 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 parents. but the facts of this case are so egregious. this doesn't just impact me as a prosecutor and a lawyer, it impacts me as a mother. >> reporter: jake, a major development coming in in just the last couple of minutes. attorneys who say they're representing the crumbleys reaching out with this statement saying the crumbleys are, in fact, not missing. on thursday night we contacted the oakland county prosecutor to discuss this matter and to advise her that james and jennifer crumbley would be turning themselves in to be arraigned. the prosecutor held a press conference to announce charges. the attorneys go on to say the crumbleys left town on the night of the tragic shooting for their own safety. they are returning to the area

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. in another section of the note was a drawing of a bullet with the following words above that bullet, 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 the drawing are the words, quote, my life is useless, end quote, and to the right of that are the words, quote, the world is dead, end quote. >> reporter: so you heard the prosecutor describing a drawing depicting a violent act and she points out that crumbley's parents knew they had purchased a gun the friday before the shooting. there's evidence on social media of ethan crumbley himself bragging about his new baby, calling the gun his new baby. his mother posting on social media about taking her son to a shooti

a store employee confirms that ethan crumbley was present with james at the time of the purchase.tute, james crumbley completed atf form 5300-9a. on or about november 26th, 2021, ethan crumbley's social media account revealed posts of a semiautomatic handgun along with the caption "just got my new beauty today" including an e mow you with hearts. emoji with hearts, "sig sauer 9 millimeter, any questions i will answer," unquote. subsequent, one of jennifer crumbley's social media posts read, quote, mom and son day, testing out his new christmas present, end quote. on november 21, '21, a teacher at the oxford high school observed ethan crumbley searching ammunition on his cellphone during class and reported the same to school officials. jennifer crumbley was contacted via voicemail by school personnel regarding the son's inappropriate internet search. school personnel indicate they followed that voicemail up with an email but received no response from either parent. thereafter, jennifer crumbley exchanged text messages about the incident with her son on that day stating, quote, lol,

>>eth ethan was iranianed monday in connection with the deadly shooting. authorities say there is clear evidence the shooting was premeditated and that the 15-year-old, quote, was looking forward to it. >>> let's go out live in oxford, michigan to cnn law enforcement reporter mark morales. mark, what's the latest on the investigation? >> reporter: well, this third party investigation that the school is calling for stems from details that prosecutor karen mcdonald has been releasing since the shooting took place. parents in the school district have been sending lots of questions into the school, and the school wanted to send out their version and their timeline of events. it's important to note that the prosecutor has not ruled out charging anybody at the school, whether it's counselors or teachers or at straighters. they're still taking a hard look at what exactly happened. just to go back to the timeline of events and what exactly the school is talking about here, we're talking about the first incident that happened on tuesday with ethan crumbley scrollin

as a result -- there was a weapon recovered from ethan. it was a 9 millimeter sig sauer automatic handgun. the additional investigation revealed that school security video of the shooting incident perpetrated by ethan, the school security video shows ethan exit a bathroom in the hallway and begin shooting at students and proceeds to shoot students actively fleeing. he continues to shoot until apprehended by deputies. two separate videos recovered from ethan's cell phone taken out of search warrant depicted a video made by him the night before the incident wherein he talked about shooting and killing students the next day at oxford high school. further, a journal was recovered from ethan the backpack also detailing his desire to shoot up the school to include murdering students. a preliminary new accounts that ethan crumbley had access to a firearm and practiced with a sig sauer handgun. >> thank you. and i just want to ask the people, because these individuals who aren't specifically identified by name, is that because they are minors? doe

look, fact number one is that ethan crumbley is the accused shooter. fact number two, his parents have been charged in a groundbreaking case, four counts of involuntary manslaughter. you raised another important question there at the press conference about what about the school? how in the world was this young man allowed to go back into class on the day before the shooting he was searching for ammunition, on the day of the shooting another teacher saw the drawings, his parents summoned to the school and when they recklessly and irresponsibly said we want to leave him here, the school somehow let that stand. you asked that question about the anger in the community? >> there is anger over this. my producer and i have been here all week and talked to law enforcement officials, sheriff offices who ran too school, saw the blooded bodies and victims. as they started learning what the school knew, we had some information about it and the sources on the ground we've been talking to have been apoplectic, mad, angry over this information an the fact that the sc

a weapon recovered from ethan. a 9 millimeter handgun. the additional investigation reveals that school security video perpetrated by ethan, the school security video shows ethan exit a bathroom in the hallway and began shooting at students and shot students that were fleeing. he continued to shoot until apprehended by deputies. two separate videos recovered by ethan's cell phone taken in a search warrant depicted a video made by him the night before the incident where in he talked about shooting and killing students the next day at oxford high school. further a journal was recovered from ethan's backpack detailing his desire to shoot up a school to include murdering students. a preliminary review showed that ethan had access to a firearm and practiced with the saur handgun. >> i want to ask the people specifically not identified by names, does that need to be done? there's warrants but obviously not sworn to by the officer here. >> they are listed in the complaint. at this stage we don't name the individuals so it's consistent with the w

but because ethan crumbley had no prior disciplinary infractions, he was allowed to return to class.resting thing brought up in the school superintendent's letter is that the crumbleys did not tell the school district about the fact that they had bought a firearm for ethan, that he had access to a firearm. it is not clear if the school asked directly about access to a weapon. listen as they talk about potential charges against school officials. >> it is under investigation, so, no, we have not ruled out charging anyone. our first priority is keeping the community safe and holding the people accountable who could have prevented this. and right now, the crumbleys are those two people. none of this should have happened. a 15 1/2-year-old should not be sitting in jail facing life in prison. these children who were terrorized and killed and shot, none of it should have happened. and it could have been prevented. >> reporter: so there you hear the prosecutor saying no decision yet on charges. some legal experts saying that civil suits against the school are much more likely than criminal c

they should have expelled ethan. they should have taken more firm action, instead of sort of heeding to the parent's insistence that he stays in school. but ultimately, i don't think it rises to a, you know, criminal negligence like the parents -- but it was interesting, because i was listening to the prosecutor earlier this morning say that, you know, the school may not have known that there was -- that ethan had a gun. the idea is that she turned it back around to the parents. the key fact is that the parents did not mention to the school that this kid had access to a gun. it wasn't until afterwards, after the father heard of the shooting that he went and checked for the gun and saw it was missing. it turns back to the parents in terms of criminal liability, but the school is absolutely civilly culpable here. >> let's say they department know the kid had access or possible access to a gun, but that morning, they called the parents in and they said, this is our concern. don't they have the right or indeed the respon

an additional investigation revealed that school incident perpetrated by ethan.shows him exiting al bathroom with a weapon and actively shooting. he continues until apprehended by deputies. two videos were taken from ethan's cell phone depicted a video made by him the night before the insz department wherein he talked about shooting and killing students the next day at oxford high school. further a journal was recovered from ethan's backpack detailing his desire to shoot up the school, including the murder of students. social media accounts show that he had ethan had looked up proper handling of a sig sauer hand gun. >> the people that weren't specifically identified by name, is that because they are victim? does that need to be done. they are in the complaint and warrant but obviously not sworn to by the officer here. >> they are listed in the complaint and warrant. at this stage i would ask him to name those individuals so that the swear to is consistent. >> therefore, if you could go through each one one by one starting with -- starting actually with count one

at school the teachers spotted ethan searching online for ammunition and alerted his mother.ad 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 contains the following... a drawing of a semiautomatic handgun pointing out the words, the thoughts won't stop, help me. in another section of the note was the drawing of a bullet with the following words above the bullet, quote... lot everywhere. above the bullet, quote... lot everywhere-— above the bullet, quote... lot everywhere. but some question whether the _ everywhere. but some question whether the parents _ everywhere. but some question whether the parents really - everywhere. but some question whether the parents really can l everywhere. but some question i whether the parents really can be held responsible for the actions of their teenage son. i held responsible for the actions of their teenage son.— their teenage son. i think it is actually highly _ their teenage son. i think it is actually highly unusual. - their teenage s

ethan saying shooting sports were a family hobby.sday another teacher saw a concerning drawing that ethan crumbley made that depicted among other things a semiautomatic gun and a bullet, a body with bullet holes in it appeared to be bleeding, ethan told the school that was part of the video game he was designing. school officials said he had no prior disciplinary infractions. his parents when asked to take him home flatly refused, left the school without their son, presumably to go to work according to the superintendent but decided because he had no prior infractions, he could be sent back to class and of course this is something raising a lot of questions. these discussions were never raised to the level of assistant principal or principal, another thing leaving parents and students here raising questions about how the school handled this. as for the third party investigation, michigan's attorney general has said her office has offered to have the attorney general's office conduct that investigation and suggested that it's not exac

they had known ethan had access to his father's firearm. in fact, he was present when his dad purchased the firearm 4 days earlier and it was the timeline here that i think the da said that we need to file charges in this case is gross negligence. clark says while some may feel charges may be unwarranted. >> he adds this. i think some people may feel like it's piling on the parents. but at the same time, the message is very clear here. you need to be responsible. and i think this is trying to prevent further school shootings when people should not have access to these firearms. and as a parent or someone in position of trust. you need to control the access to the firearm. >> and he says the school's administration could be facing consequences. >> as when he was in the principal's office 2 hours earlier with his backpack and they were apprised of these photographs. these pictures that he drawn. why didn't they search the backpack. i i think there's other fingers to be pointed here. theresa kron 4 news a colorado man charged with killing 10 p

and ethan don't do it is what the text says. that was information that we learned slowly every day and learn more information. as soon as i heard about this the first thing i asked and everybody did is where did he get this weapon? because we know he can't legally own that weapon and as the information came in it was just so horrifying to see that these parents were completely responsible for allowing that -- those murders. i just -- i can't -- i understand this is the first time that this has been done. i didn't know at the time and actually i didn't -- i don't care at all what i really care about is trying to further a policy of deterrence, come to a place as a country we do not tolerate this and training kids to hide under desks i know is necessary but not enough. there are still murders occurring. everything happened like it should in this case. all of the kids were trained and hid under the desks. they ran into classrooms. they barricaded doors. law enforcement did what they were supposed to do and still four children were

leading up to the horrific violence. >> the morning of the shooting, the next day, ethan crumbbley'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. in another section of the note was a drawing of a bullet with the following words above that bullet, quote, blood everywhere, end quote. >> the prosecutors said despite those disturbing words james and jennifer crumbbley resisted the idea of their son leaving school so he went back to class. shaquille brewster is live in pontiac, michigan at the sheriff's office, we're expecting the parents to make their first court appearance soon, definitely a dramatic end to this manhunt. >> definitely a dramatic end, we're expecting the parents sometime this morning, between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., appearing via video for that arraignment. we know that arraignment was supposed to have happened yesterday, after a massive manhunt. it s

they brought ethan and his parents into the school to have a meeting about it, but ethan's parents insisted he remain in school. school suggested he go home. they insist he remained. they didn't say anything about the gun they bought for him days before. we know they believed he had the gun, the gun used in the shooting, in his backpack in that meeting at the school. because of those details, karen mcdonald saying the parents are criminally negligent and need to be held accountable here. fred? >> athena jones, thank you so much for that. let's talk more about all of this and the case ahead. joining to discuss, former prosecutor. the parents' attorneys tried to tell the court they were not evading arrest, but the court disagreed with that. how much harder has the case now been made for the defense team? >> a lot. first of all, the fact that they attempted to flee colors the judge's view of the case going forward. it shows consciousness of guilt. you could expect prosecutors to try to present that evidence at trial to the jury. and it also means they're going to be incarcerated. i will tell y

crumbley texted her son, ethan, don't do it. and mr.nt to his home purposely to search for the weapon because he was afraid his son had the weapon and was in fact shooting people and hurting them, which as we know, is exactly what happened. your honor, this is a very serious, horrible, terrible murder and shooting. and it has affected the entire community. and these two individuals could have stopped it. and they have every reason to know that he was dangerous and they gave him a weapon. and they didn't secure it. and they allowed him free access to it. furthermore, your honor, the purpose of bond is to secure further court appearances. and yesterday, they were charged with these counts of involuntary manslaughter. now, your honor, the communication between ms. schmidt and the prosecutor's office a text message was sent to me an was not replied to. and, you know, we don't have an obligation to cooperate. and there are good reasons for that. i think they've -- the fact that the events that played out show the reasons for that. now, mrs.

ethan's law, which is all about safe storage following the tragic death of a young man, ethan.hing to do. this is also just behavior that gun owners should do. it could be enforced with legislation, yes, and many states have this, but this is something that if you are going to be responsible as a gun owner, you need to do this yourself without a law telling you what to do. >> what advice do you have for pontiac, michigan, and all the other communities and all the other families now trying to heal from this gun violence? >> my only advice is to really just be respectful that everyone's journey through this is very unique. everyone grieves differently. and in different ways and at different times, and to just treat each other with absolute kindness and compassion, because this is a journey that you have now started that sadly never ends. you can never get over the loss of a child, the murder of a child, and the irreparable damage to the family and the community. my heart is with you. and if i can be of any service, i just want to be helpful. >> nicole hockley, thank you for your

what is not clear is whether the school asked the crumbleys about ethan's access to a firearm.e they were discovered in the early hours of saturday morning. that man is cooperating with authorities. we know he's a local artist in detroit who uses the location as a workspace. through his lawyer he says he did not know -- he wasn't aware that the crumbleys were facing an arrest warrant. this man has, as i said, retained a lawyer, and he could still face charges for having helped the crumbleys. athena jones, cnn, pontiac, michigan. >>> meantime, as you can imagine, support across the state of michigan is pouring out for those affected in the shooting, including from the detroit lions. the state's american pro football team scored their first win of the season on sunday against the minnesota vikings. both teams played in helmets featuring an oxford-themed decal, and staff and players from the lions dedicated the game to the oxford community. >> first thing i'm going to start with, this game ball goes to the whole oxford community, all those who were affected. >> we hope to be a lig

also questions about how the school handled some disturbing behavior prosecutors describe from ethan crumbley in the hours before the shooting. we're going to start, though, with the latest on this variant and the omicron variant detected in 17 states. the new covid testing requirements are going into effect for new international travelers. walk us through the testing and what travelers are saying. >> reporter: they're looking at a new landscape and some new testing requirements. what travelers need to know is there is now a one-day window for you to get a negative covid test back if you are abroad or you're planning to travel abroad any time soon, you'll need the negative test result within the one-day window before you can enter the united states. while people have been getting tests while they travel, this tighter timeline is going to be something that people need to plan around. not only because not every country has the same testing infrastructure. but also because at some hotels and resorts, these tests can cost north of $100. this is going to apply to almost everyone if you're

ethan crumbley is accused of murdering four classmates — hannah saintjuliana was just 14, take my 16, found guilty, he faces a maximum sentence of of life without parole. his parents could be sent to prison for up to 15 years. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. the sri lankan prime minister has issued a statement saying he is shocked at the brutality shown by what he called an "extremist mob" following the lynching of a sri lankan man on friday. priyantha diyawadana had been accused of blasphemy by an angry crowd — his friends have set up this memorial to him outside his workplace. this is not the first such attack in pakistan — a week ago a crowd set a police station ablaze when they refused to hand over a man accused of blasphemy. but this is the first one involving a foreign national. more than 100 people have been arrested in connexion with the attack. the bbc�*s farhat javed is in the pakistani city of sel kot outside the factory where priyantha was killed. this is the factory he was working in for several years. he is identified as priyantha kumara, a sri lankan national and wa