The parents of 15-year-old school shooter Ethan Crumbley have been charged and arraigned on four counts of involuntary manslaughter each. According to authorities, the teen went into a school bathroom where he took out a 9 mm Sig Sauer SP2022 semi-automatic handgun before he went into the hallway and shot at classmates in what appears to be a random fashion. The shooting rampage killed four students, Madisyn Baldwin, 17, Tate Myre, 16, Hana St. Juliana, 14, and Justin Shilling, 17. Seven other students including a teacher were injured in the attack.

The charges against James and Jennifer Crumbley were announced Friday afternoon by Oakland County (Michigan) lead prosecutor Karen McDonald. In the press conference, McDonald addressed that charging the parents of a child school shooter was highly unusual. However, McDonald explained that given the nature of the incident and newly released details about a school conference that the parents were called in on the day of and the day before the school shooting was enough to warrant the charges.

McDonald explained that on Monday, 15-year-old Crumbley was called into a meeting with school officials and his parents after a teacher saw Crumbly searching up information about ammunition on his cell phone during class. McDonald explained that after Crumbly’s parents were informed of the incident, his mother texted her son saying, "LOL I'm not mad at you. You have to learn not to get caught."

McDonald went on to explain that the next day, the teen drew an alarming image on a note that was found on his desk. The teacher took a picture of the note and Crumbley’s parents were called to the school again for an urgent meeting. McDonald details that the note had hand-drawn images of a semi-automatic gun that was pointed at the words “the thoughts won't stop. help me” and “blood everywhere.”

McDonald explains that after the meeting on Tuesday, the day of the shooting, the parents did not want to take their child out of school. McDonald adds that the parents did not question whether or not their son had the gun with him and Crumbley’s backpack was not searched. It was not until later that day that James Crumbley alerted authorities that the gun was missing from his home. McDonald also revealed that Mrs. Crumbley sent her son a text that said “Ethan, don't do it.”

"The notion that a parent could read those words and also know that their son had access to a deadly weapon that they gave him is unconscionable, and it's criminal," McDonald said during the press conference. She adds that although the gun was purchased legally, the parents did not exercise proper responsibility in keeping the gun out of reach of their son. McDonald explains that the gun “seems to have been freely available” to Ethan.

"I'm angry as a mother. I'm angry as a prosecutor. I'm angry as a person that lives in this county," McDonald said. "There were a lot of things that could have been so simple to prevent."

In addition to announcing the charges against the shooter’s parents, McDonald details that there was “a mountain of digital evidence” that points to the reality that Crumbley had planned the shooting in detail “well before the incident.”

The parents were expected to be arraigned Friday afternoon, but by Friday evening, the couple was nowhere to be found. Following the announcement of the charges against the parents, attorneys representing the parents, Shannon Smith and Mariell Lehman, shared a statement that explained parents had left town because they did not feel safe to stay in their home.

"On Thursday night we contacted the Oakland County prosecutor to discuss this matter and to advise her that James and Jennifer Crumbley would be turning themselves in to be arraigned," the attorneys said. "Instead of communicating with us, the prosecutor held a press conference to announce charges."

While the couple was nowhere to be found Friday evening, their attorneys insisted that the couple was “not fleeing from law enforcement despite recent comments in media reports."

During the early hours of Saturday morning, the couple was eventually found on the third floor of an Art Studio of a Detroit warehouse. Law enforcement officials shared with reporters that someone had helped them enter the studio and that they had not broken in.

After the couple was arraigned on Saturday, both pleaded not guilty to the four counts of involuntary manslaughter they each face. During the arraignment, Jennifer Crumbly struggled to maintain her composure and was visibly sobbing as the judge read the charges against her.

Judge Julie Nicholson has set the couple’s bond at a combined $1 million. If the couple is able to make bail, Judge Nicholson has also required the couple to wear a GPS monitoring device as they pose a flight risk.