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US authorities launch manhunt for parents of suspected Michigan mass shooter

Couple went missing hours after they were charged with involuntary manslaughter for buying son weapon   https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2021/12/03/parents-of-suspected-us-school-shooter-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter/  A memorial outside Oxford High School, December 3, 2021 in Oxford, Michigan. AFP

Ellie Sennett

Washington

Dec 3, 2021

Authorities on Friday were searching for the parents of the Michigan teenager accused of murdering four pupils at his high school, hours after the couple was charged with involuntary manslaughter for buying their son the weapon believed to have been used in the mass shooting.

The gun was a Christmas gift.

A fugitive warrant has been issued for James and Jennifer Crumbley, who had been scheduled for arraignment on four counts of manslaughter each later on Friday, three days after authorities say their 15-year-old son, Ethan, carried out the deadliest US school shooting of 2021.

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told CNN police were searching for the Crumbleys after the couple's attorney told his office that the Crumbleys stopped responding to messages.

"If they think they're going to get away, they're not," Bouchard said, adding that a "host" of detectives, as well as the FBI and the US Marshals Service, were looking for them.