Michigan police activating their fugitive team. The lead starts right now. A manhunt underway

this hour for the parents of the suspected Michigan school shooter. Parents went missing

after prosecutors announced charges and laid out her rather scathing case against them.

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Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We start today with breaking news. The parents

of 15-year-old Michigan school shooting suspect Ethan Crumbly are missing. The Oakland

County Sheriff telling CNN moments ago that all available resources including a fugitive

team, the U.S. Marshals, and the FBI are right now looking for James and Jennifer Crumbly.

Prosecutors earlier today charged the Crumbly's with four counts of involuntary manslaughter

stemming from Tuesday's deadly shooting, which their son allegedly carried out leaving

four teenagers dead. The Crumbly's were scheduled to appear in court this hour. After prosecutors

said today, the couple purchased the handgun for their son as a Christmas gift and failed

to act despite multiple, multiple warning signs even on the morning before the shooting.

Ethan Crumbly's teacher came upon a note on Ethan's desk, which alarmed her to the point

that she took a picture of it on her cell phone. The note contained the following. A drawing

of a semi-automatic handgun pointing at the words, quote, the thoughts won't stop, help

me, end quote. In another section of the note was a drawing of a bullet with the following

words above that bullet, quote, blood everywhere. James and Jennifer Crumbly resisted the idea

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