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Parents of Michigan Shooting Suspect Arrested, Police Say Parents of Michigan Shooting Suspect Arrested in Detroit, Police Say
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The parents of a Michigan teenager who the police say fatally shot four classmates in the halls of Oxford High School in suburban Detroit were arrested early Saturday after being the subject of an intense manhunt.The parents of a Michigan teenager who the police say fatally shot four classmates in the halls of Oxford High School in suburban Detroit were arrested early Saturday after being the subject of an intense manhunt.
James and Jennifer Crumbley were arrested in the basement of a Detroit building after the police received a tip that their vehicle had been spotted. The arrest came a day after they were charged with involuntary manslaughter and had apparently fled town. The teenager’s parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, were arrested in a commercial building in Detroit after the police received a tip that led them to the location, officials said. Arriving officers then spotted their vehicle and moved in to arrest them. The arrest came a day after they were charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths, failed to show up for their arraignment and apparently fled town.
The couple were charged after officials said their son, Ethan Crumbley, 15, carried out the shootings using a handgun his parents had bought for him. “We have in fact taken them into custody without incident,” James E. White, Detroit’s police chief, said at an early-morning news conference. “They appeared to be hiding in the building,” he said, adding, “We got a tip that they were there.”
“They did not resist” when officers moved in to arrest them, he said, describing the couple as “distressed.”
The couple were charged in the students’ deaths after officials said their son, Ethan Crumbley, 15, carried out the shootings on Tuesday using a handgun his parents had bought for him.
On Friday, Karen D. McDonald, the Oakland County prosecutor, said the Crumbleys were culpable in the year’s deadliest school shooting because they had allowed their son access to a handgun while ignoring glaring warnings that he was on the brink of violence.On Friday, Karen D. McDonald, the Oakland County prosecutor, said the Crumbleys were culpable in the year’s deadliest school shooting because they had allowed their son access to a handgun while ignoring glaring warnings that he was on the brink of violence.
Law enforcement officials said that the parents had gone missing on Friday afternoon and that the county’s fugitive-apprehension team, F.B.I. agents and United States Marshals were looking for them.Law enforcement officials said that the parents had gone missing on Friday afternoon and that the county’s fugitive-apprehension team, F.B.I. agents and United States Marshals were looking for them.
“They cannot run from their part in this tragedy,” Sheriff Michael Bouchard of Oakland County said in a statement.“They cannot run from their part in this tragedy,” Sheriff Michael Bouchard of Oakland County said in a statement.
The couple were caught after someone saw their vehicle and called the police, officials said. The deadly gunfire in Oxford, in Oakland County — about 30 miles north of Detroit — added to a growing list of shootings this year on school grounds in the United States after a lull during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, when many schools held classes remotely.
“Yes, they are both in custody and will be on the way to the Oakland County Jail soon,” the Oakland County undersheriff, Mike McCabe, told The Detroit Free Press. “Kudos to Detroit P.D. and all the other agencies that assisted.” In announcing the charges against the parents on Friday, Ms. McDonald gave a detailed accounting of Ethan Crumbley’s alleged actions leading up to the shooting.
They were found in a building in the industrial area near where their car was found, and they were arrested about 1:45 a.m., the police said. On the morning of Nov. 30, the day of the shooting, she said, the suspect’s parents were urgently called into the high school after one of his teachers found an alarming note he had drawn, scrawled with images of a gun, a person who had been shot and a laughing emoji, and the words, “Blood everywhere,” and, “The thoughts won’t stop. Help me.”
“The owner of the building arrived and saw the car in the back parking lot, knew it didn’t belong there, went to investigate,” Mr. McCabe told The Free Press. The day before the shooting, a teacher had seen the suspect searching online for ammunition for the gun in class, which led to a meeting with school officials, the prosecutor said. After being informed by the school about their son’s behavior, Ms. McDonald said, Mrs. Crumbley texted to her son: “LOL, I’m not mad at you. You have to learn not to get caught.”
The shooting took the lives of Hana St. Juliana, 14; Madisyn Baldwin, 17; and Tate Myre, 16, who died in a sheriff’s squad car while on the way to a hospital. A fourth student, Justin Shilling, 17, died on Wednesday morning at McLaren Oakland Hospital in Pontiac, Mich.