Parents charged in Michigan school shooting are returning to face charges, attorney says

Images of Jennifer and James Crumbley released by the Oalkand County Sheriff's Deparrment on Friday, Dec. 3
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The attorney for James and Jennnifer Crumbley, the parents of the accused Oxford High School shooting suspect, says they are turning themselves in to face involuntary manslaughter charges.

Attorney Shannon Smith late Friday afternoon indicated the Crumbleys were returning to face charges, according to the Detroit News.

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department earlier Friday issued an advisory for people to be-on-the-lookout for the Crumbleys because they had not turned themselves into police as their attorney supposedly had promised.

Smith told the Detroit News later Friday that the Crumbleys left the Oxford area in the evening hours of Nov. 30 -- the day of the shooting -- for their own safety.

She said they are not fleeing law enforcement and are returning.

Their son, 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, is accused of killing four students and wounding seven other people.

Three Oakland County Sheriff's Deputies survey the grounds outside of the Crumbley residence while seeking James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of the alleged Oxford High School shooter, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 in Oxford. (Jake May | MLive.com)

Images of Jennifer and James Crumbley released by the Oalkand County Sheriff's Deparrment on Friday, Dec. 3

The home of Ethan Crumbley on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 in Oxford. Crumbley, 15, was arraigned on one count of terrorism causing death, four counts of first-degree murder for the four students who died of gunshot wounds, seven counts of assault with intent to murder and 12 counts of possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. (Jake May | MLive.com)

An Oakland County Sheriff's Deputy searches the grounds outside of the Crumbley residence while seeking James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of the alleged Oxford High School shooter, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 in Oxford. (Jake May | MLive.com)

An Oxford police car is parked outside of the Crumbley residence during a search for James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of the alleged Oxford High School shooter, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 in Oxford. (Jake May | MLive.com)

Three Oakland County Sheriff's Deputies survey the grounds outside of the Crumbley residence while seeking James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of the alleged Oxford High School shooter, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 in Oxford. (Jake May | MLive.com)

An Oakland County Sheriff's vehicle is parked outside of the Crumbley residence during a search for James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of the alleged Oxford High School shooter, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 in Oxford. (Jake May | MLive.com)

An Oxford police officer searches the grounds outside of the Crumbley residence while seeking James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of the alleged Oxford High School shooter, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 in Oxford. (Jake May | MLive.com)

An Oakland County Sheriff's Deputy walks the grounds outside of the Crumbley residence during a search for James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of the alleged Oxford High School shooter, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 in Oxford. (Jake May | MLive.com)

An Oakland County Sheriff's Deputy, left, and Oxford police officer search the grounds outside of the Crumbley residence while seeking James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of the alleged Oxford High School shooter, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 in Oxford. (Jake May | MLive.com)

An Oxford police car is parked outside of the Crumbley residence during a search for James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of the alleged Oxford High School shooter, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 in Oxford. (Jake May | MLive.com)

An Oakland County Sheriff's Deputy, left, and Oxford police officer search the grounds outside of the Crumbley residence while seeking James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of the alleged Oxford High School shooter, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 in Oxford. (Jake May | MLive.com)

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