Three students are dead, others injured after shooting at Michigan high school
‘Sheriff’s office, safe to come out’: Moment Michigan school shooter, 15, tried to lure screaming students out of locked classroom after killing three and wounding eight, including a teacher, before they jumped out of window to escape
Police responded at around 12:55pm to a report of an active shooter at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, a suburb north of DetroitPolice said that between four and six students were injured, and the gunman has been arrestedOne parent said her son stayed home today because there were rumors of trouble brewing Senator Rosemary Bayer called the incident ‘horrifying’ in a statement
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Horrific video shows students cowering from a 15-year-old gunman who identified himself as a sheriff’s deputy and shot dead three students at a Michigan high school, wounding eight others including a teacher.
President Joe Biden responded to the shooting Tuesday afternoon, saying ‘my heart goes out to the families enduring the unimaginable grief of losing a loved one.’
Chilling footage captured by a student shows classmates huddled beneath desks inside a barricaded classroom as a killer gunman roams the halls, trying to convince would-be victims that it was safe to emerge from hiding.
‘Sheriff’s office,’ the boy said. ‘You can come out.’
Students exchange glances as one whispers ‘he said it’s safe to come out.’ But one skeptical classmate declined to open the door, saying: ‘We’re not willing to take that risk right now.’
The gunman shouts back something illegible before calling his classmate ‘bro’ and in that sickening moment, classmates began jumping out a window after realizing the self-professed cop was actually the shooter.
The suspected shooter, a sophomore at the school, was arrested within five minutes of the original call, police said and added an on-scene school resource officer assisted in nabbing him.
Police said in an update Tuesday afternoon that the teen might be tried as an adult for deaths of a 16-year-old boy and two girls, aged 14 and 17.
Upward of 20 shots were fired by the teen as 911 operators received more than 100 frantic 911 calls.
Masses of stunned students, some crying and others huddled together, emerged from the school following the massacre.
‘It’s a very tragic situation, obviously,’ Undersheriff Mike McCabe said during a press conference. ‘You never want to prepare for something like this, but you have to, and the school district has done a wonderful job preparing.’
Oxford Community Schools superintendent Tim Throne had little to add at the scene, saying he wasn’t sure which students were shot and which one pulled the trigger.
‘You certainly can pray for our families here in Oxford and our students,’ he said. ‘I’m learning information in real time just as you are.
‘Of course, I’m shocked.’
The gunman tried to coax them out as they ducked behind desks, telling them from the hall that they were safe
Parents walk away with their kids from the Meijer’s parking lot, where many students gathered following a deadly shooting
A woman is seen embracing a student at the Meijer store in Oxford, Michigan following the shooting that killed three students
A visibly-stunned woman hugs her child as they emerge from the Meijer store, which was being used as an emergency shelter for staff and students
Swarms of police officers swooped in and arrested the suspected gunman within five minutes
Robin Redding, whose son attends the school, told The Associated Press that been talk of trouble brewing.
‘He was not in school today,’ she said. ‘He just said that “Ma I don’t feel comfortable. None of the kids that we go to school with are going today,”‘ Redding said.
The FBI has been called in to assist with the case.
Isabel Flores told WJBK-TV that she and other students heard gunshots and saw another student bleeding from the face.
They then ran from the area through the rear of the school, said Flores, a 15-year-old ninth grader.
McCabe said investigators would be looking through social media posts for any evidence of a possible motive.
Police said they arrested a 15-year-old boy, who was a sophomore at the school
Armed officers are seen at the scene of the deadly shooting, which left two students in surgery
Senator Rosemary Bayer issued a statement shortly after the shooting, calling it ‘horrifying.’
‘The news of today’s school shooting at Oxford High school is simply horrifying,’ she tweeted. ‘On top of an already difficult situation with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our students now have to face this traumatic situation in a place that is supposed to be a safe space for students and growth.’
Police responded around 12:50 pm to a report of an active shooter at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, a suburb north of Detroit.
The suspected shooter was arrested and a handgun was recovered, said the Oakland County Sheriff´s Office, which added that it doesn’t think there was more than one attacker.
Four to six people were wounded, but no fatalities have been reported, the sheriff´s office said.
‘At this time it is still an active scene,’ Undersheriff Mike McCabe told local media about 1:30 p.m.
‘We have multiple patrol units and multiple EMS units on scene along with SWAT and Aviation Unit.’
Ambulances and medical crews are seen tending to the wounded following the shooting
Video footage from ClickOnDetroit shows a line of ambulances in the school’s parking lot and a medical ambulance grounded on the rooftop.
A father on scene told Fox News that his son barricaded himself in a classroom when gunshots began ringing out.
The dad said his child is safe.
Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan also issued a statement, expressing her own shock.
‘I am horrified by the shooting at Oxford High School today,’ she tweeted. ‘I’ve been talking with Oxford leaders, parents and students and we are all praying for the health of those injured, and the well-being of all our young people, many of whom are in shock.’
The shooting happened in Oxford, a town of about 22,000 people about 30 miles north of Detroit.
