Counselor Says Parents Chose Work Over Taking Care of Teen Before Michigan School Shooting

A counselor testified Monday that he was “caught off guard” when the parents of a Michigan teenager refused to voluntarily take the boy home from school when confronted with a violent drawing their son made hours before he opened fire and killed four students. Shawn Hopkins said Oxford High School didn’t demand that Ethan Crumbley go home because there were no discipline issues that day. Instead, Mr. Hopkins said he offered “multiple pages” listing mental health providers in the area and urged James and Jennifer Crumbley to seek help for their son as soon as possible. “I didn’t feel as if it was going to be an absolute no,” Mr. Hopkins said of the prospect of the Crumbleys leaving campus with the 15-year-old after the meeting about the drawing. “But it was made quite clear that it wasn’t possible to do it that day. They had to return to work and were unable to do it.”...