The suspected Michigan high school shooter never left the building between his meeting with school officials and when the shooting began, based on video, the Oakland County Sheriff said. supervision inside the school, the Oakland County sheriff said.
“We have to believe he had a weapon on him in his backpack or somewhere secret during that travel and because of the process he never left the school,” says Canh. Chief of Police Michael Bouchard told CNN New Day’s John Berman.
The sheriff also addressed an Instagram post obtained by CNN in which the suspect appeared to imply the gun was his.
“Legally it’s not his, he can’t possess or possess that weapon outside of his home or any form of transport or use without very few restrictions,” said Bouchard. speak.
Authorities earlier said the suspect’s father purchased the gun on Black Friday.
Bouchard said suspects are legally allowed to keep and possess firearms in certain places, such as shooting ranges, private property or in homes.
“Not outside the house, nor can they legally own it,” the sheriff said.
As the investigation continues to move toward how the suspect possessed a weapon, the sheriff considers what legal danger the child’s parents may be in.
The prosecutor pointed out that a potential charge could be made at any time involving the parents, without specifying what detailed evidence they had.
“It was a bit of a challenge obviously neither the parents nor the suspect spoke to us,” he told Berman.
Authorities are trying to answer questions, including “What process did he have in possession of the weapon that day? Was it given to him, was it allowed to be picked up and taken freely at his discretion or was it stolen and then broken into something to take away? ”
When pressed about the school’s actions around the suspect’s “involved” behavior, the sheriff reiterated, “We’d love to have that conversation repeated in the room or be told about it right away. .”
“They may not have certain authorities or they may not want to do certain things but that’s different for us, we have a different role, a different process,” Bouchard said.
Meanwhile, authorities are investigating “hundreds and hundreds of threats” to the closure of 60 schools following the deadly shooting.
None of them have been verified “to be anything in the end of any kind” but as the sheriff notes that all threats will be thoroughly investigated because “we do not can buy one out of a hundred.”
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