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 teacher mom-of six who is now on ventilator
A 16-year-old boy and two girls, aged 14 and 17, are dead after a classmate opened fire at Oxford High School in Oxford, Michigan, a suburb north of Detroit Chilling video footage shows students hiding in a barricaded classroom as the gunman tries to coax them out, saying ‘Sheriff’s office. You can come out.’He blew his cover when referring to a classmate as ‘bro,’ and terrified classmates leapt out the window Eight others were injured, and two victims were in surgery TuesdayOne parent said her son stayed home today because there were rumors of trouble brewing President Joe Biden addressed the incident, saying ‘my heart goes out to the families’
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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.’
The teacher who survived the shooting is a young mother of six who is currently clinging to life on a ventilator, a pastor said during a vigil at LakePoint Community Church in Oxford.
Chilling footage captured by a student shows classmates huddled beneath desks inside a barricaded classroom as a killer gunman – who’d already begun his rampage – 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 exchanged glances as one whispered ‘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.’
A gunman who shot three classmates dead and injured eight others – including a teacher – tried to coax more students out of hiding by claiming he was a sheriff and announcing that it was safe to come out. Astute teens knew he was lying when he used the word ‘bro’ and jumped out the window to escape the killer gunman
The gunman shouted back something inaudible 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.
They have yet to be identified, with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer also condemning the tragedy, saying the killings were ‘every parent’s worst nightmare.’
Whitmer added that: ‘no one should be afraid to go to school, work, a house of worship, or even their own home. This is a time for us to come together and help children feel safe at school.’
Upward of 20 shots were fired by the teen as 911 operators received more than 100 frantic 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.’
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
The school was placed on lockdown after the attack, with some children sheltering in locked classrooms while officers searched the premises. They were later taken to a nearby Meijer grocery store to be picked up by their parents.
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.
Robin Redding said her son, Treshan Bryant, is a 12th grader at the school but stayed home on Tuesday. She said he had heard threats of a shooting at the school.
‘This couldn´t be just random,’ she said.
Redding didn´t provide specifics about what her son had heard, but she expressed concern with school safety in general.
‘Kids just, like they´re just mad at each other at this school,’ she said.
Bryant said he texted several younger cousins in the morning and they said they didn´t want to go to school, and he got a bad feeling. He asked his mom if he could do his assignments online.
A police road block restricts access to Oxford High School following the shooting
Eight people were injured in the shooting, and two were undergoing surgery
Bryant said he had heard vague threats ‘for a long time now’ about plans for a shooting at the school.
‘You´re not supposed to play about that,’ he said of the threats. ‘This is real life.’
School administrators posted two letters to parents on the school’s website this month, saying they were responding to rumors of a threat against the school following a bizarre vandalism incident.
According to a Nov. 4 letter written by Principal Steve Wolf, someone threw a dear head into a courtyard from the school’s roof, painted several windows on the roof with red acrylic paint and used the same paint on concrete near the school building.
Without specifically referencing that incident, a second post on Nov. 12 assured ‘there has been no threat to our building nor our students.’
‘We are aware of the numerous rumors that have been circulating throughout our building this week. We understand that has created some concern for students and parents,’ the administrators wrote. ‘Please know that we have reviewed every concern shared with us and investigated all information provided. Some rumors have evolved from an incident last week, while others do not appear to have any connection. Student interpretations of social media posts and false information have exacerbated the overall concern.’
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
Rick Alan, whose daughter Katelynn attends Oxford high, said he received a frightening text message as the chaos was unfolding.
‘Dad I love you,’ it said. ‘There is a shooter at our school and I love you so much and you are the best dad I could have ever asked for.’
A man whose daughter attends Oxford High shared the text exchange they shared above as the shooting unfolded
She emerged from the school uninjured after sending the messages.
‘I pray that no one ever gets this text message from their child,’ her dad wrote on Facebook.
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.’
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was the elected officials who expressed condolences to the victims.
‘Gun violence is a public health crisis that claims lives every day. We have the tools to reduce gun violence in Michigan,’ she said in a statement. ‘This is a time for us to come together and help our children feel safe at school.’
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.’
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a news conference in Oxford Tuesday. She said gun violence is a public health crisis
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.
