>> IT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED THE OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTOR ADDRESSING THE MEETING BETWEEN
SCHOOL LEADERS AND THE SUSPECT
ON THE DAY OF THE OXFORD HIGH
SCHOOL SHOOTING.
>> IT IS HARD TO LOOK AT THAT
WHAT THAT WAS PRODUCED AT THAT
MEETING EVERYBODY LOOKED AT, IT
IS VERY HARD TO LOOK AT THAT AND
SAY THAT THERE WAS NO CONCERN.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE WAS
ALLOWED TO GO BACK TO CLASS AND
WE NOW KNOW WHAT HAD A WEAPON
ARE HIM.
>> SEVERAL NEW DEVELOPMENTS
TONIGHT AS WE COME TO YOU AT
ELEVEN AND THE OXFORD SCHOOL
SHOOTING AS THE PROSECUTOR
WEIGHS WHETHER TO CHARGE THE
SUSPECT’S PARENT.
>> A DECISION IS EXPECTED BY
TOMORROW.
MARA McDONALD IS LIVE TONIGHT,
MARA, CHARGING PARENTS IN THESE
CASES IS REALLY RARE.
>> IT IS, KIMBERLY, BUT
PROSECUTOR McDONALD MADE IT
CLEAR THAT THE ACCESS THIS
15-YEAR-OLD HAD TO THIS GUN IS
BEYOND NEGLIGENCE AND WHY SHE
DIDN’T DEFINITELY SAY CHARGES
ARE COMING, SURE SOUNDS LIKE IT,
TAKE A LOOK.
OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTOR CARRIE
McDONALD WILL BE ANNOUNCING
WHETHER SHE IS CHARGING THE
15-YEAR-OLD GUNMAN’S PARENTS
TOMORROW.
SHE WAS CLEAR THAT WHEN SHE DOES
RELEASE MORE INFO IN THE
MORNING, IT IS GOING TO BE HARD
FOR THE REST OF THE PARENTS AT
OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL TO HEAR IT.
>> THESE PARENTS ARE IN SUCH
TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE GRIEF, A
TOREIBLE THING THAT HAS
HAPPENED.
THE INFORMATION ANNOUNCED
TOMORROW WILL ALSO DISCLOSE IT
PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEEN
PREVENTED SO IT IS JUST NOT
ENOUGH TO CHARGE THIS SHOOTER.
>> WHICH CERTAINLY SOUNDS LIKE
THE PROSECUTOR WILL BE CHARGING
AT LEAST ONE PARENT.
WHAT HER OFFICE HAS TO WEIGH IN
MAKING DECISION.
>> WAS IT PURCHASED FOR THE
SHOOTER?
DID THE PARENTS HAVE ANY
REASONABLE IDEA THAT HE MAY USE
THAT WEAPON TO HURT OTHER
PEOPLE?
>> SHE ALSO BELIEVES WHEN THE
GUNMAN’S PARENTS WERE CALLED
INTO SCHOOL TO DISCUSS HIS
TROUBLEING BEHAVIOR, HE LIKELY
HAD THE GUN IN HIS BACKPACK IN
THAT MEETING.
TONIGHT OXFORD SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT TIM THROWN IN A
VIDEO MESSAGE TO PARENTS
ADDRESSED WHY THAT 15-YEAR-OLD
WAS ULTIMATELY LEFT IN SCHOOL
FOR THE DAY.
>> I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU
KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
TALK ABOUT THE STUDENT THAT WAS
APPREHENDED THAT HE WAS, YOU
KNOW, CALLED UP TO THE OFFICE
AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
NO DISCIPLINE WAS WARRANTED.
THERE ARE NO DISCIPLINE RECORDS
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> BACK HERE LIVE, YOU HEARD
PROSECUTOR McDONALD AT THE TOP
OF THE SHOW SAYING KNOWING WHAT
WAS PRESENTED IN THAT MEETING
BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
AND THE GUNMAN’S PARENTS, SHE
SAID IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE
THERE WAS NO CONCERN.
IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT SHE IS
SAYING, I BELIEVE SHE’S TALKING
ABOUT THE PARENTS.
MEANING THERE WAS NO CONCERN BY
THE PARENT, BUT I THINK THAT IS
GOING TO BE ILLUMINATEED IN FAR
GREATER SHAPE TOMORROW MORNING.
WE’RE LIVE AT THE OAKLAND COUNTY
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE.
ZEVIN, KIMBERLY, BACK TO YOU.
>>> MARA, LET’S STAY WITH THE
VIDEO, IT IS BRINGING US A
LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION FROM
THE OXFORD SUPERINTENDENT WHAT
HAPPENED INSIDE THE SCHOOL WHEN
THE SHOTS RANG OUT AND WHAT TO
EXPECT MOVING FORWARD.
>>> CERTAINLY FIRST AND
FOREMOST, OUR HEARTS HEARTS AND
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH
OUR KIDS AND FAMILY.
>> IN A SOMBER 12-MINUTE VIDEO
TO PATIENT, SUPERINTENDENT TIM
THRONE ADDRESSS TUESDAY’S
TRAGEDY.
>>> WE HAVE PARENTS THAT SENT
THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL TWO DAYS
AGO AND THEY’RE NEVER COMING
HOME.
>>> IN THE MESSAGE HE DETAILS
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE
SHOOTING AND THE AFTERMATH.
>> WE HAD ADMINISTRATORS
PERFORMING CPR.
OUR STUDENTS DID EXACTLY AS THEY
HAD TRAINED.
>> AND NOW THE MOUNTAINOUS TASK
AHEAD.
>> BECAUSE THEY CARRIED OUT
THEIR GAME PLAN SO WELL, THIS
HIGH SCHOOL IS A WRECK RIGHT
NOW.
MAYBE THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE
IT IS, IT IS LIKE A WAR ZONE.
IT WILL BE WEEKS, PROBABLY
BEFORE THIS BUILDING IS READY.
>> AS FOR WHAT WAS CAPTUREED ON
SCHOOL SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.
>> I PROMISEED OUR STAFF TODAY
THAT I WOULD REACH OUT TO THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE LATEER TONIGHT
AND I WILL.
AND I WILL ASK OF THEM TO
RELEASE WHATEVER VIDEO THAT THEY
FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH RELEASING.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW AND I WANT
YOU TO BE AS PROUD OF YOUR SONS
AND DAUGHTERS AS I AM AND OUR
STAFF IS WITH WHAT THEY DID.
>> SUPERINTENDENT ALSO SAYS
SCHOOL WILL SOON BEGIN THE
PROCESS OF REORGANIZEING THE
PHONES AND BACKPACKS AND ALL OF
THE BELONGINGS LEFT BEHIND TO