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Three students killed as 15-year-old opens fire at his school in Michigan

Sky News 30/11/2021

A 15-year-old student opened fire at his Michigan high school on Tuesday, killing three students, including a 16-year-old boy who died in a police car on the way to hospital.

A student fired on his classmates at Oxford High School, Michigan

A 17-year-old girl, and a 14-year-old girl were also killed in the attack at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, a community of about 22,000 people 30 miles (48km) north of Detroit.

Three students were killed in the shooting

Eight others, including a teacher, were injured. Several of them remain in critical condition, including a 14-year-old on a ventilator.

The 15-year-old is in custody after being arrested at the school, although his motive remains unclear, according to Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe.

Officers responded at around 12:55pm local time to a flood of 911 calls about an active shooter.

The suspect was believed to have acted alone and was arrested without resistance after firing 15 to 20 shots.

"The whole thing lasted five minutes," Mr McCabe said.

Video: Authorities: Student kills 3, wounds 8 at Michigan school (Associated Press)

Authorities said they recovered ammunition and a semi-automatic handgun, found to have been bought by the suspect's dad on 26 November.

'We don't have a motive at this point'

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Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said that the suspect had practiced shooting with the 9mm Sig Sauer and posted pictures of it and the target online.

It is unknown why the boy's father bought the gun.

Tim Throne, the superintendent of Oxford Community Schools, said: "I'm shocked. It's devastating."