Three were killed, and eight others were hurt in today’s school shooting at Oxford High School.
Two teenage girls and one boy, both 16 years, were among the victims. A teacher was one of eight people who were left with injuries. Six of the injured were stable and two required emergency surgery.
There were moments of terror when the shooter appeared to be trying to expel students from the school. However, the teachers and students inside the classrooms had gone through active shooter training. They had also barricaded the entrances.
In one classroom where students were hiding, the students were unsure if the person knocking on the door was a Sheriff’s deputy or the shooter. The person was knocking telling them to come out that he was “Sheriff’s office, it’s safe to come out.”
This footage was captured by a student at Oxford High School. The shooter is trying to enter the school through impersonating a sheriff.
The students did not open the door and escaped through a windowhttps://t.co/DCKb6l555w pic.twitter.com/gQWOuJPAAL
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One of the students responded, “We’re not willing to take that risk right now.” The voice on the other side said, “Come to the door and look at my badge, bro.”
But when they heard him say “bro” that immediately raised the hackles of these students.
“He said bro, red flag,” one student said.
Then the students spend up the window, climbed out, and ran across the courtyard, where the police were waiting and welcomed them, telling them, “You’re fine.”
He was 15 years old and surrendered to police. He has lawyered up and isn’t talking, so the police aren’t saying anything about a motive for the shooting at this point. They weren’t aware of any prior issues with the suspect but there had been rumors about something happening at the school and some kids had stayed home concerned about the rumors.
“He has already invoked his right to not speak. He wants an attorney, he is not telling us anything at this point in time,” Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe said. “We believe he acted alone and don’t believe he planned this with anybody else.”
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