>> LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW WITH
A BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>> Kimberly: THEY WERE SCHEDULED
FOR ARRAIGNMENT TWO HOURS AGO ON
CHARGES OF INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER, BUT THE PARENTS OF
THE SUSPECTED OXFORD SHOOTER
HAVE YET TO TURN THEMSELVES IN.
>> Devin: TONIGHT THEIR ATTORNEY
SAYS THEY’RE NOT RUNNING FROM
THE LAW.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 6:00.
IT’S BEEN A DAY FOR THE OXFORD
SHOOTING AND A BREAKDOWN BETWEEN
THE AUTHORITIES.
>> Kimberly: AND THERE WERE RED
FLAGS OVER THE SUSPECT SHOOTER’S
BEHAVIOR, BUT LET’S START WITH
SHAWN LEY AND THE WHEREABOUTS OF
ETHAN CRUMBLEY’S PARENTS.
>> THE PARENTS IF CONVICTED,
FACING 15 YEARS IN PRISON MAX
FOR BOTH OF THEM, BUT MORE ABOUT
THIS.
THE PROSECUTOR DID NOT TELL THEM
THE CHARGES WERE COMING THIS
MORNING, BLAMES THE
MISCOMMUNICATION ON THE
PROSECUTOR.
THE PARENTS’ ATTORNEY SAID SHE
HAD A DEAL TO THE TURN THE
PARENTS IN ONCE THEY WERE
CHARGED, BUT THEY NEVER HEARD
BACK FROM THEM.
AND ONLY FROM THE NEWS
CONFERENCE.
THE PARENTS WERE NOT UNDER
SURVEILLANCE THIS MORNING WHEN
THEY VANISHED.
SOURCES TELLING US THE PARENTS
WERE HOLED UP IN A MOTEL LAST
NIGHT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS
WATCHING THEM.
BY THIS MORNING, LAW ENFORCEMENT
AT THE MOTEL HAD LEFT, WE ARE
TOLD DUE TO MISCOMMUNE BETWEEN
AGENCIES.
NO ONE WAS WATCHING THE COUPLE
AND THEY WERE FREE TO FLEE THE
AREA.
THIS AFTERNOON KAREN MCDONALD
ANNOUNCED JAMES AND JENNIFER
CRUMBLEY WERE CHARGED WITH FOUR
COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER FOR BUYING ETHAN
CRUMBLEY THE HANDGUN.
AND THE PARENTS WERE PRESENTED
HOURS BEFORE THE SHOOTING WERE
INCREDIBLY ALARMING PICTURES ON
ETHAN CRUMBLEY’S DESK ALONG WITH
THE WORDS, HELP ME.
THE SCHOOL ALLOWED CRUMBLEY TO
REMAIN AT SCHOOL AND PROSECUTORS
SAY THE PARENTS DID NOT TELL THE
SCHOOL THEY HAD JUST BOUGHT
THEIR SON A SEMI AUTOMATIC
HANDGUN.
>> I’M ANGRY AS A MOTHER, ANGRY
AS THE PROSECUTOR, ANGRY AS A
PERSON THAT LIVES IN THIS
COUNTY. >> ALSO AT NOON TODAY, JUDGE
>> ALSO AT NOON TODAY, JUDGE
JULIE NICKHOLSON APPROVED THIS
AND TOLD THEY HAD WOULD BE BACK
AT 4:00 TODAY.
>> I’LL DO THE VIDEO ARRAIGNMENT
AT 4:00, THAT OKAY?
>> YES, YOUR HONOR.
THE SUSPECTS ARE NOT IN CUSTODY
AT THIS POINT.
>> THE PARENTS’ ATTORNEY SAYS
THE COUPLE WOULD TURN THEMSELVES
IN ONCE THEY’RE CHARGED,
HOWEVER, WE’RE TOLD THAT JAMES
AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WITHDREW
$4,000 FROM AN ATM AND HAVEN’T
BEEN SEEN SINCE.
>> WHO WAS SURVEILLING THE
PARENTS AND IF THEY WEREN’T,
WHY?
>> AND THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT
THEY WERE SURVEILLED.
AND THE ASKED THEM, THE RESPONSE
THEY’VE NEVER SEEN THE PARENTS,
BUT LOOKING FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.
COUPLE’S ATTORNEY SAYS THEY’LL
TURN THEMSELVES IN, BUT SHE DID
NOT RESPOND WHEN I ASKED THEM
WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN, WHERE
THAT WILL HAPPEN IF SHE’S IN
CONTACT WITH THEM, AND WHY DID
THEY WITHDRAW $4,000.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Devin: ALL RIGHT, SHAWN.
ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NEED THE MONEY
TO PAY AN ATTORNEY FOR A
RETAINER FEE.
WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW WHAT’S
HAPPENING THERE.
THE TWO VERY DIFFERENT
PORTRAYALS HAVE EMERGED ABOUT
THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER’S BEHAVIOR
IN THE DAYS AND HOURS LEADING UP
TO THE TRAGEDY AT THE SCHOOL.
>> Kimberly: WHAT WE HEARD FROM
PROSECUTOR KAREN MCDONALD
DIFFERS GREATLY FROM
SUPERINTENDENT THRONE, AND KAREN
DREW IS HERE TO BREAK DOWN WHAT
EACH OF THEM SAID, KAREN.
>> Karen: KIM AND DEVIN, I KNOW
YOU’RE PARENTS AND WHAT THEY’RE
SAYING TO ME, HOW COULD THE
SCHOOL HAVE HANDLED THIS, AND
COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER ON,
SAYING THERE’S MISCOMMUNICATION
THERE.
WHY WHEN ETHAN CRUMBLEY HAD BEEN
BROUGHT TO THE OFFICE AND WROTE
ON HIS DRAWING, PLEASE HELP ME,
WHY NOT MORE.
THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS HE WAS
DOING HIS JOB AND KAREN MCDONALD
HAS MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
>> FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOUR JOB
IS TO PROTECT THE WELL-BEING OF
THE STUDENTS IN THAT BUILDING.
>> KAREN MCDONALD REACTING TO
THE FACT THAT SUPERINTENDENT
THRONE SAID THIS.
>> NO DISCIPLINE WAS WARRANTED.
THERE ARE NO DISCIPLINE RECORDS
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> IF THEY SAY HE HAD NO
DISCIPLINE RECORDS, I DON’T
DISPUTE THAT, I DON’T KNOW FOR
CERTAIN, BUT I DON’T KNOW.
WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
DISCIPLINING A SHOOTER, WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS KNOWN OR
WAS THERE REASON TO BELIEVE OR
ANYTHING OF CONCERN RECORDING A
VIOLENT ACT.
>> COULD SCHOOL OFFICIALS FACE
CHARGES OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE?
THE PROSECUTOR SAYS THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
>> YOU ERR ON THE SAFE SIDE.
IF YOU SAY TO THE PARENT HE
NEEDS COUNSELING AND
BACK-TO-BACK BEHAVIORS THAT
INDICATE VIOLENCE SENDING HIM
BACK TO CLASS, NOW, I THINK THE
PARENTS WERE IN A POSITION TO
KNOW THAT HE HAD ACCESS TO A
DEADLY WEAPON.
I’M STRUGGLING WITH THE
STATEMENTS OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT.
>> Karen: STRUGGLING WITH THE
STATEMENTS FROM THE
SUPERINTENDENT.
I CAN TELL YOU THE NATION IS
WATCHING.
WATCHING HOW SCHOOL LEADERS AND
HOW THE PARENTS HAVE JUST BEEN
CHANGED AND CONTINUES TO CHANGE
AND MOVE HOUR BY HOUR.
WE’LL STAY ON TOP OF THIS.
AND WE’RE LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE
OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S
OFFICE.
LOCAL 4.
>> Kimberly: THANK YOU.
AMID EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH
THE INVESTIGATION AND
PROSECUTION, THE COMMUNITY OF
OXFORD CONTINUES TO TRY TO HEAL.
>> Devin: BRING IN JASON
COLTHORP WITH THAT PART OF THE
STORY.
>> GOOD EVENING, GUYS, A VIGIL
THAT’S BEEN PLANNED ALL WEEK
CONTINUES AT ABOUT 7:00 HERE AND
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE ALREADY
HERE IN DOWNTOWN OXFORD.
SEVERAL MORE WALKING IN AS WE
SPEAK.
AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME
AND SHOW YOU WHERE IT’S GOING TO
BE.
IF YOU SEE THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT
DOWN IN THE DISTANCE, THEY’VE
ALREADY BROUGHT IN A MOBILE
STAGE WHERE PEOPLE WILL GATHER
AROUND AND THEY’LL HAVE THIS,
REALLY, THIS IS FOR HEALING.
IT’S TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
IT’S TO SHARE LOVE AND TO GRIEVE
TOGETHER TONIGHT.
THERE’S A LONG LIST OF SPEAKERS
WHO ARE GOING TO TALK HERE,
LOCAL STATE, FEDERALLY ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND INCLUDING GOVERNOR
WHITMER, SHE WILL SPEAK HERE
TONIGHT.
IN WALKING UP AND DOWN THE
STREETS, OF COURSE WE’RE KEEPING
A SAFE DISTANCE HERE TO LET THIS
BREATHE, BUT AS WE WALK UP AND
DOWN THE STREETS, YOU KEEP
HEARING THE SAME THINGS, ONCE A
WILD CAT, ALWAYS A WILD CAT AND
EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER AND
YOU’LL WATCH THAT LIVE ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM TONIGHT.
WE’RE LIVE IN OXFORD.
JASON COLTHORP, LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: WE’D URGE YOU TO CHECK
OUT THAT LINK.
IN ROCHESTER OWE EMOTIONAL
TRIBUTE.
>> Kimberly: AND THEY WENT TO
HIGH SCHOOL THERE, AND THEY
GATHER IN GRIEF AND LOOKING FOR
SOLACE.
>> AND I’M PICTURING THE
HALLWAYS.
>> IT’S A SAFE PLACE TO ME, BUT
I KNOW ON TUESDAY IT’S NOT A
SAFE PLACE.
>> WE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH
TRAUMA, TO BE UP THERE SINGING,
DIDN’T THINK IT WAS GOING TO GET
ME AS MUCH AS I DID, AND I
REALIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF
MOMENTS LIKE THIS.
>> WE’RE TOLD THAT SEVERAL
PETITIONS ARE GAINING STEAM
ONLINE TO RENAME THE FOOTBALL
FIELD AS WELL AS OTHER
FACILITIES TO HONOR THE VICTIMS.
MANY FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS ARE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT NEXT MOVES
IN BEYOND TODAY TO GET BACK TO
SCHOOLS AND THEIR LIVES.
>> Devin: AND OUR PAULA TUTMAN
SPOKE TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN
THROUGH TRAGEDY, AND FOUND A WAY
TO LOOK FORWARD.
>> LOOK AT THE SCHOOL CLOSINGS,
THIS IS PROOF POSITIVE THAT THE
TRAUMATIC ISN’T JUST IN OXFORD,
BUT NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORHOODS.
ONE PARENTS WHO KNOWS IS PART OF
THAT CLUB NO PARENT WANTS TO BE
A PART OF, THE ONE WHERE YOUR
CHILD IS MURDERED IN A MASS
SHOOTING.
NICOLE HAWKLY IS ONE OF THOSE
PARENTS, HER SON DYLAN WAS
KILLED ALMOST EXACTLY NINE YEARS
AGO AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL WITH 19 OF HIS YOUNG
CLASSMATES AND SIX STAFF
MEMBERS.
>> MY HEART BREAKS FOR THE
PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN WERE
MURDERED FOR THOSE WOUNDED AND
CERTAINLY FOR THE COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THAT FEELING OF SAFETY
IS FOREVER GONE NOW.
>> SHE SAYS RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS
UNIMAGINEABLE THAT WE AS A
COMMUNITY CAN GET PAST THIS.
>> IT’S A TERRIFYING PROCESS AND
IT’S A DAY BY DAY PROCESS SO
RUSHING INTO ANY DECISIONS,
RUSHING INTO TRYING TO NORMALIZE
THE SITUATION, I WOULD--
I WOULD STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST
THAT.
>> PARENTS AFRAID TO SEND THEIR
CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, CHILDREN
AFRAID TO GO TO SCHOOL.
EDUCATORS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT’S NEXT WITH SCHOOLS.
SHE SAYS IT TAKES TIME TO
DEVELOP AN EMOTIONAL ROAD MAP
AND A PHYSICAL PLAN TO MOVE
FORWARD.
ONE IMPORTANT ASPECT IS PARENTS
BEING AUTHENTIC WITH THEIR FEARS
AND ANXIETIES WHILE NOT
PROJECTING THEM ONTO THAT I
REMEMBER CHILDREN.
>> THERE WERE INCREDIBLY DARK
MOMENTS THAT I HAD AFTER THE
MURDER OF DYLAN.
BUT I HAVE A SURVIVING SON THAT
I NEED TO LOOK AFTER.
>> FOR EDUCATORS SCRAMBLING TO
RETHINK PROTOCOLS AND SECURITY
MEASURES, SHE ADVICE THEY DO NOT
DO IT IN A VACUUM, BUT SHARE
THEIR THINKING PROCESS AND
GIVING STUDENTS IN EACH
COMMUNITY, A REAL VOICE AND A
WAY BACK.
>> ALL SENSE OF CONTROL AND
SAFETY HAS BEEN STRIPPED AWAY
FROM THEM RIGHT NOW.
GIVE THEM SOME OF THAT CONTROL
BACK BY ALLOWING THEM A VOICE
AND TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION
AS TO HOW YOU GO FORWARD.
FOR ME AND MY SURVIVING SON, HE
WAS AT THE SCHOOL THE DAY OF THE
SHOOTING.
HE HEARD AND SAW THINGS, SO I
KNEW HE WAS STILL DEALING WITH
EXTREME SHOCK, BUT NEEDED TO
KNOW THAT HIS FRIENDS AND
TEACHERS WERE THERE.
>> AND FOR THE PARENTS OF HANA,
MADISYN, TATE AND JUSTIN, AND
THE OTHER STUDENTS INJURED, SHE
KNOWS YOUR PAIN AND SHE OFFERS
HERSELF TO YOU IF YOU NEED HER.
>> YOU’LL FIND A WAY FORWARD TO
HONOR THE CHILD THAT YOU LOST
AND HONOR THEIR LIFE THROUGH
LIVING YOUR OWN.
>> PAULA TUTMAN, LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: ALL RIGHT, PAULA.
LET’S MOVE TO THE LATEST NOW ON
THE CORONAVIRUS, THE STATE
REPORTING MORE THAN 18,000 CASES
OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS.
SO THE AVERAGE BACKUP 9,000
CASES PER DAY, NEARLY THE
HIGHEST DAILY TOTAL SINCE THE
START OF THE PANDEMIC SADLY LOST
277 MORE MICHIGANDERS DURING
THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.
REENFORCEMENT ARRIVED TO ONE OF
THE HOSPITALS LIKE SO MANY
OTHERS ARE DEALING WITH AN
OVERLOAD OF CORONAVIRUS
PATIENTS.
AND THE STAFF HAS BEEN BOOSTED
COURTESY OF THE U.S. MILITARY.
GRANT.
>> AND DEVIN, THIS HELP COULD
NOT HAVE COME AT A BETTER
MOMENT.
THE HOSPITALS SAY THAT THEIR
STAFF IS STRETCHED VERY THIN AND
THEY’RE DEALING WITH INCREASE IN
VIOLENCE FROM PATIENTS AND THEIR
FAMILIES AND THEY CONTINUE TO
FILL THE HOSPITAL DURING THIS
LATEST SURGE.
>> METRO DETROIT GETTING HELP IN
THE FIGHT DEFENSE COVID THIS
TIME IN THE U.S. MILITARY.
THE MEDICAL TEAM BASED ON
LOUISIANA AND TEXAS BEGAN THE
WORK AT BEAUMONT DEARBORN, WHERE
THE STAFF IS DESPERATELY NEEDED
AS THE BEDS FILL UP AGAIN WITH
COVID PATIENTS.
>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 620
COVID PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE
HEALTH SYSTEM.
THIS IS ON TOP OF THE NORMAL
TRADITIONAL CARE THAT WE’VE
PROVIDED THIS TIME OF YEAR.
THAT’S ABOUT A 200% INCREASE IN
COVID PATIENTS SINCE SEPTEMBER
30TH.
>> THE NEW MILITARY TEAM IS MADE
UP OF 14 CRITICAL CARE NURSES,
FOUR DOCTORS, INCLUDING TWO
FOCUSING ON CRITICAL LUNG CARE,
RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS AND THE
TEAM WAS REQUESTED BY GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER.
AND THIS TEAM COMING AFTER
SPENDING 60 DAYS IN MISSISSIPPI.
>> SO WE HAVE A LOT OF
EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED
TO HOPEFULLY APPLY HERE IN THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
AND GENERALLY, OUR TEAM WILL BE
ASSISTING IN THE ICU, AND IN THE
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, TO REDUCE
PATIENT RATIOS AND CERTAINLY TO
PROVIDE BETTER CARE.
SO HOPEFULLY IF SOMEONE’S
EFFECTIVE WITH COVID, THEY CAN
HAVE A BETTER OUTCOME.
>> HELP ARRIVING WHEN IT’S
NEEDED MOST AGAIN.
>> NOW, OFFICIALS HERE AT
DEARBORN BEAUMONT SAID THEY
COULDN’T SAY EXACTLY WHY THEY
WERE CHOSEN TO RECEIVE THIS U.S.
ARMY MEDICAL TEAM, BUT THEY SAID
THAT THEY WILL HELP ALLEVIATE
SOME OF THAT STRESS FROM THEIR
STAFF AND ALLOW THEM TO TAKE IN
REFERRALS AND TRANSFERS THAT ARE
OVER CAPACITY ACROSS METRO
DETROIT THIS EVENING.
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, GRANT.
>> COMING UP, PAUL’S UPDATED
WEEKEND FORECAST, PLUS, HERE IS
JAMIE.
>> A BIG KEY TO VICTORY HERE
TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE