OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Authorities say a 15-year-old student opened fire at his Michigan high school Tuesday, fatally shooting three students and injuring several others in an attack that prompted teachers to barricade classrooms and students to send panicked messages to family and friends.
The shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, a tight-knit community in a suburb about 35 miles north of Detroit, unfolded around 1 p.m. when a boy, a sophomore at the school, started shooting a semiautomatic handgun, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.
In total, 11 people were hit by gunfire, authorities said Tuesday evening.
The three deceased students — a 16-year-old boy, 14-year-old girl and 17-year-old girl — have not been identified. Of the eight others who were shot, two were in surgery and six others were in stable condition, Undersheriff Mike McCabe said.
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OXFORD, Mich. (FOX 2) - The Oakland County Sheriff said three students were killed and eight others have been hurt when someone started shooting inside Oxford High School on Tuesday.
According to Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe, three students were killed in the shooting and there were at least eight other victims including a teacher. The sheriff also said that the suspect is a 15-year-old sophomore at the school and has invoked his right to remain silent.
McCabe said the first of more than 100 calls came into 911 at 12:51 p.m. to a report of a shooting. Deputies immediately responded to the scene and took the suspect into custody but not until after he shot 11 people, killing three:
- 16-year-old Tate Myre died inside a patrol car while deputies were taking him to the hospital
- 14-year-old Hanna St. Julian
- 17-year-old Madisyn Baldwin
During an update at 10 p.m., Sheriff Michael Bouchard credited intense and rigorous training for the fast actions to take the shooter into custody.
"Oxford has been one of the more proactive school districts. This kind of thing can happen anywhere," Bouchard said.
He also said that deputies did not hesitate when they arrived.
"The high school has approx 1,800 students. Cars were dispatched at 12:52. Within two minutes they had the suspect in custody," Bouchard said. "The deputies removed from the suspects a 9 mm Sig Sauer pistol was still loaded and had 7 rounds of ammunition. When they took it from him he was walking down the hall. That interrupted what could have been seven more victims."
Bouchard said the gun was bought just four days ago, on Friday, Nov. 26, by the suspect's father.
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media microphones line up an area as Police vehicles block the entrance to
Meijer in Oxford following an active shooter situation at Oxford High School in
Oxford on November 30, 2021. Police took a suspected shooter into custody and
there were multiple victims, the Oakland County Sheriff's office said.
Ryan
Garza, Detroit Free Press
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