Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect charged
CBSN
The parents of the teen accused of fatally shooting four people at a Michigan high school have been charged in connection with the rampage, prosecutors announced Friday. James and Jennifer Crumbley have each been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter.
Attorneys for the parents said the couple left town the night of the shooting but were returning to be arraigned. The Oakland County sheriff previously said there was an ongoing search for the parents and called them fugitives.
Earlier Friday, the county prosecutor, Karen McDonald, announced the charges against the couple, saying they failed to prevent the tragedy and allowed their son, a minor, to have access to the gun he used in the shooting.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.