Status: 01.12.2021 01:28 am
In the US state of Michigan, a 15-year-old killed three classmates at a school. The perpetrator was arrested. Previously, there were rumors of threats once morest the high school.
A 15-year-old student shot dead three classmates and injured eight others at his Michigan high school. The perpetrator was arrested by the police shortly followingwards. Authorities said the motive for the crime at Oxford High School in Oxford Township was unknown.
The community with around 22,000 inhabitants is located regarding 50 kilometers north of Detroit. Officers caught the shooter minutes following the shooting and arrested him, Oakland County Police Chief Mike McCabe said at a news conference. He still had the gun with him and was not injured. A semi-automatic weapon and several magazines were secured from the perpetrator.
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Apparently, the 15-year-old has never been noticed by the police
Two of the injured would be operated on, the other six are in stable condition, McCabe said. The fatalities are a 16-year-old boy and two girls, aged 12 and 17. The school was put under lockdown, with some students being held in locked classrooms while officers searched the building. A rescue helicopter landed in the school parking lot shortly following 2 p.m.
McCabe said investigators were looking through social media posts for clues to a possible motive. According to his information, the arrested 15-year-old had never been noticed by the police.
Reports of threats once morest school
A mother said her son, a 12th grader, did not go to class on Tuesday following hearing regarding threats once morest the school. Other students would not have wanted to go to school for this reason either.
School officials posted two letters to parents on the school’s website this month, responding to rumors of threats following a bizarre incident of vandalism. According to a Nov. 4 letter from principal Steve Wolf, someone threw a deer’s head from the school’s roof into a courtyard, painted several windows with red acrylic paint, and used the same paint on concrete near the school building.
Without elaborating on this incident, a second letter on November 12 assured that there had been no threats once morest the students or the building. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offered her condolences to the victims. “Gun violence is a public health crisis that claims lives every day,” she said.
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