$10,000 rewards for parents of teen accused in deadly Michigan school shooting

[SheltieLover]

https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/nation-world/michigan-school-shooting-parents-charged/507-62a1e021-f8c3-402b-b1c6-2ac6a420dd61

Rewards of $10,000 were announced Friday night by the U.S. Marshals office for the parents of a teen accused of killing four students at a Michigan high school this week. They were charged Friday for involuntary manslaughter with prosecutors saying they failed to intervene on the day of the tragedy despite being confronted with a drawing and chilling message — “blood everywhere” — that was found at the boy’s desk.

Late Friday night, the U.S. Marshals Office announced rewards of $10,000 for each of them. Tips can be reported to 313-202-6458.

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On Tuesday, a teacher found a note on Ethan’s desk and took a photo. It was a drawing of a gun pointing at the words, “The thoughts won’t stop. Help me,” McDonald said.

More at link. Why was this kid not immediately admitted to a psych hospital????

[Hoyt]

1. Probably someone, or everyone in know, hoped it would blow over. Sad.

[SheltieLover]

3. Not sure whether school.admin could IVC in MI

But parents ABSOLUTELY should have donne so!

And, imho, school should have immediately suspended him, pending a full psych eval!

Hindsight is always 20/20, but I can assure you the one similar situation I encountered as a mental health professional resulted in IMMEDIATE psych ward intake!

Boggles the mind that this kid was allowed to stay in school!

[Hoyt]

5. I get it. And definitely best for patient, short-term and long-term.

But I can see admin hoping things would get better. And, I bet parents made it clear they’d sue.

But like you say, “hindsight is 20/20,” as is hoping parents will step up, and unaware parents hadn’t already made a firearm available.

[SheltieLover]

6. Pretty sure school admin was well aware the "parents" are human garbage

These events do not occur in a vaccum.

[Hoyt]

7. As I understand it, there is a lot of "human garbage" in that locality. But, yeah, you'd think.

[brewens]

2. It'd be great if they hooked up with some nutjobs willing to help. As long as it doesn't end up

in a shootout. Might be interesting to find out just where they thought they could run to, and who ends up trying to help them.

[SheltieLover]

4. They should have IVCd kid immediately!

See #3 above.

[BeckyDem]

8. So the parents will make bail?

I wonder if that would be the case if they were black.

[SheltieLover]

9. Another judge willing to release violent people back into society