3 dead, 6 others shot after shooting at Michigan high school
OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. Dec 1 2021 Authorities say a 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school, killing three other students and wounding six other people, including a teacher.
Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said at a news conference that he didn’t know what the assailant’s motives were for the attack Tuesday afternoon at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, a community of about 22,000 people roughly 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Detroit.
Authorities arrested the suspect at the school and recovered a handgun.
They didn’t immediately release the names of the suspect or victims.
Officers responded at around 12:55 p.m. to a report of an active shooter at the school, the sheriff’s office said, adding that it didn’t think there was more than one attacker.
A medical helicopter landed shortly after 2 p.m. in the parking lot of the school.
The school was placed on lockdown, with some students 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.
