A Michigan school shooting killed 4 students. The parents of accused Oxford High shooter Ethan Crumbley lost their bid to reduce bail in Detroit, MI.
DETROIT -- A judge has denied a request to lower a $500,000 bail set for two parents who are charged with their son in a fatal Michigan school shooting.Judge Julie Nicholson said James and Jennifer Crumbley failed to turn themselves in when they were charged with involuntary manslaughter on Dec. 3 and have few ties to the area.
They're accused of making a gun accessible to their son, Ethan Crumbley, and failing to intervene on the day of the shooting when counselors revealed his distressing drawings of violence. Prosecutors opposed the lower bond. They noted that the elder Crumbleys were missing for hours when charges were announced Dec. 3 before police found them miles away in a Detroit art studio early the next morning.The Crumbleys"will flee if they get the opportunity," prosecutors said in a court filing, noting they were behind in mortgage payments and had put their house up for sale.Ethan is charged as an adult with murder and other crimes.
Crumbley=is charged as an adult with murder and other crimes. Four students were killed and others were injured during a shooting at Oxford High School on Nov. 30.