Xinhua News Agency, Chicago, December 4 (Reporter Xu Jing) The parents of Ethan Crumbury, the suspect in the Oxford High School shooting in Michigan, USA, were arrested by the police on the 4th.
According to US media reports, the Oakland County prosecutor in Michigan prosecuted Clumbury's parents for "involuntary manslaughter" on the 3rd.
After the prosecution was announced, Clumbury's parents did not surrender to the authorities, but left their place of residence on the grounds of safety.
The U.S. Marshals Bureau, the Oakland County Fugitive Search Team, and the Detroit Police Department subsequently conducted searches and arrested them in a commercial building in eastern Detroit on the early morning of the 4th.
Oakland County Attorney Karen McDonald said on the 3rd that the charges against the suspect’s parents are meant to convey the message: gun owners are responsible for their guns, and if they fail to fulfill this responsibility, they should bear the tragedy caused. Criminal consequences.
The police investigation revealed that the gun used by the suspect in the crime was purchased for his father and placed in an unlocked drawer in his parents’ bedroom; his parents knew that the suspect had a problem at the school before the shooting, but did not intervene.
On November 30, a shooting occurred at Oxford High School near Detroit, resulting in 4 deaths and 7 injuries.
On December 1, the 15-year-old suspect Clumbury was charged with 4 first-degree murders, 1 terrorism death count, 7 deliberate murder and assault, and 11 armed felony counts.