American high school shooting: the shooter's parents arrested
Students from Oxford High School and other area schools, as well as members of the community, gather for a candlelight prayer vigil in Oxford, Michigan on December 1 REUTERS - SETH HERALD
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In the United States, the parents of the teenager who killed four students at his high school have been arrested.
The young man is indicted for terrorist act, them, for manslaughter.
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Ethan Crumbley's parents were arrested for manslaughter for letting their son use a semi-automatic pistol the father bought during the big Black Friday promotions a week ago.
On Tuesday, 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley killed
four of his
Oxford high school
classmates
and injured six others while firing around 30 bullets with the same weapon.
The facts took place shortly after a summons with his parents by the school administration.
The subject of this meeting?
One of his drawings of a weapon alongside a bloodied body, a smiley face and messages such as "
help me, the world is dead, blood everywhere
".
The son was arrested on the spot and charged with terrorist acts.
But for the prosecutor, the parents of the young man are also responsible.
She accuses them of not having reacted even after having seen the contents of the drawings and when they knew that he was in possession of a weapon.
This indictment is also a more general message, according to them, "
so that people understand that the moment they hold a weapon, they are responsible for it
".
James and Jennifer Crumbley had been actively wanted since Friday by the police and the FBI.
They were located by the police in an industrial building about sixty kilometers from the scene of the shooting.
One of the couple was "
upset, in distress
" when they were arrested, according to Detroit Police Chief James E White.
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