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Michigan authorities consider charges against the school shooting suspect's parents

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said that the parents of the suspect failed to keep a recently purchased firearm out of the hands of their son, who is accused of killing four classmates.
A makeshift memorial sits outside of Oxford High School on Wednesday, a day after four students were fatally shot and seven injured in Oxford, Mich.

The parents of a teenager accused of killing four students and wounding seven others at a high school in Michigan this week could themselves face charges.

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said she is considering charges against the parents of 15-year-old Ethan

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