“LOL I’m not mad at you. You have to learn not to get caught.”
WaPo: (pay wall)
Parents of Mich. school-shooting suspect in custody as police investigate possible accomplice
The pair, who were located after a tip, were found hiding in a commercial building, police said.
The fugitive parents of a 15-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting four classmates at a Michigan high school were taken into custody overnight, after they were found hiding in a commercial building in Detroit, police said in a news conference early Saturday.
Jennifer and James Crumbley were located after a tip from the local community, and were taken into custody unarmed and “without incident,” Detroit police chief James White said. It came after an extensive search for the pair involving K-9 units, local law enforcement and the U.S. Marshals Service.
They each face four counts of involuntary manslaughter, after being criminally charged in an extraordinarily rare move to hold parents accountable when a minor uses their weapon in a school shooting.
The pair “did not break in” to the building, but “were aided,” White said, adding that police were investigating one other person that may have assisted the couple.
He thanked the community, saying “it was a tip that led us to this location,” and that officers responded “in a matter of minutes,” arriving on scene at 10.30 p.m. local time on Friday.
Chief Deputy Mike McCabe, from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, said the arrest had happened after “a 911 call from a business owner that observed the suspect vehicle in his parking lot on Bellevue near Jefferson in the city of Detroit.”
“A female was observed near the car by the business owner. When he called 911 she fled on foot,” he added in an emailed statement.
White told reporters that police had found “video of one of the two fugitives entering the building,” and that police had quickly “set up a perimeter” at the location.
When asked about the pair’s emotional state as they were taken into custody, White said they were “very distressed” and that one of them left the scene with their head bowed.
Detroit police said that the Crumbleys were turned over to the Oakland County Sheriff’s department who were on the scene and would be transported to a jail in Oakland County, Michigan. Oakland police said the couple could be arraigned after 9 a.m. Saturday.
Attorneys for the Crumbleys had earlier said the couple left town the night of the shooting “for their own safety,” adding that they would return to be arraigned.
However, White told reporters on Saturday: “This isn’t indicative of turning themselves in, hiding in a warehouse.”
Four students aged between 14-17 were killed in the shooting, which took place Nov. 30 and appears to be the deadliest episode of on-campus violence in the United States in more than 18 months. Seven others were wounded.
Parents of Mich. school-shooting suspect in custody as police investigate possible accomplice
The pair, who were located after a tip, were found hiding in a commercial building, police said.
The fugitive parents of a 15-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting four classmates at a Michigan high school were taken into custody overnight, after they were found hiding in a commercial building in Detroit, police said in a news conference early Saturday.
Jennifer and James Crumbley were located after a tip from the local community, and were taken into custody unarmed and “without incident,” Detroit police chief James White said. It came after an extensive search for the pair involving K-9 units, local law enforcement and the U.S. Marshals Service.
They each face four counts of involuntary manslaughter, after being criminally charged in an extraordinarily rare move to hold parents accountable when a minor uses their weapon in a school shooting.
The pair “did not break in” to the building, but “were aided,” White said, adding that police were investigating one other person that may have assisted the couple.
He thanked the community, saying “it was a tip that led us to this location,” and that officers responded “in a matter of minutes,” arriving on scene at 10.30 p.m. local time on Friday.
Chief Deputy Mike McCabe, from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, said the arrest had happened after “a 911 call from a business owner that observed the suspect vehicle in his parking lot on Bellevue near Jefferson in the city of Detroit.”
“A female was observed near the car by the business owner. When he called 911 she fled on foot,” he added in an emailed statement.
White told reporters that police had found “video of one of the two fugitives entering the building,” and that police had quickly “set up a perimeter” at the location.
When asked about the pair’s emotional state as they were taken into custody, White said they were “very distressed” and that one of them left the scene with their head bowed.
Detroit police said that the Crumbleys were turned over to the Oakland County Sheriff’s department who were on the scene and would be transported to a jail in Oakland County, Michigan. Oakland police said the couple could be arraigned after 9 a.m. Saturday.
Attorneys for the Crumbleys had earlier said the couple left town the night of the shooting “for their own safety,” adding that they would return to be arraigned.
However, White told reporters on Saturday: “This isn’t indicative of turning themselves in, hiding in a warehouse.”
Four students aged between 14-17 were killed in the shooting, which took place Nov. 30 and appears to be the deadliest episode of on-campus violence in the United States in more than 18 months. Seven others were wounded.
Community vigils have been held to honor the victims: Tate Myre, 16, Madisyn Baldwin, 17, Hana St. Juliana, 14 and Justin Shilling, 17.
The suspect, Ethan Crumbley, faces a slew of charges as an adult — 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.
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The morning of the fatal shooting both parents were summoned to a meeting by school administrators after a teacher found a troubling note in Ethan’s desk, McDonald said. It contained a drawing of a semiautomatic handgun pointing at the words “The thoughts won’t stop. Help me.”
The note included a drawing of a bullet with the words “blood everywhere.” There was also a drawing of a bloody figure with two gunshot wounds, McDonald said, and another drawing of a laughing emoji.
Ethan altered the note, McDonald said, scratching out the most disturbing parts of it by the time the meeting with his parents began shortly after 10 a.m. on Tuesday Nov. 30. McDonald said the teen brought his backpack to the counselor’s office and noted that at no point did his parents ask about the recently purchased gun. McDonald said neither the Crumbleys nor school officials searched the teen’s backpack.
The suspect, Ethan Crumbley, faces a slew of charges as an adult — 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.
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The morning of the fatal shooting both parents were summoned to a meeting by school administrators after a teacher found a troubling note in Ethan’s desk, McDonald said. It contained a drawing of a semiautomatic handgun pointing at the words “The thoughts won’t stop. Help me.”
The note included a drawing of a bullet with the words “blood everywhere.” There was also a drawing of a bloody figure with two gunshot wounds, McDonald said, and another drawing of a laughing emoji.
Ethan altered the note, McDonald said, scratching out the most disturbing parts of it by the time the meeting with his parents began shortly after 10 a.m. on Tuesday Nov. 30. McDonald said the teen brought his backpack to the counselor’s office and noted that at no point did his parents ask about the recently purchased gun. McDonald said neither the Crumbleys nor school officials searched the teen’s backpack.
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Let me offer my heartiest congratulations to a "conservative" SCOTUS, the GOP, and every dog-ass member of Congress who's ever taken one fucking dime in blood-soaked NRA money - the dream vision of America they've been striving for these many years is finally in full flower.
BTW - "You have to learn not to get caught" has to be the hallmark phrase of this fucked up era we're living in right now.
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