Student kills three, wounds six in US school shooting

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A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his US high school today, killing three students and wounding six other people, including a teacher, authorities said.

Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said at a news conference that he didn't know what the assailant's motives were for the attack at Oxford High School, 48 kilometres north of Detroit, Michigan.

Officers responded at around 12:55pm to a flood of emergency calls about an active shooter at the school, Mr McCabe said.

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Three students were shot dead in the attack.The suspect was identified as a 15-year-old, who is a sophomore at the high school

Police arrested the suspect at the school and recovered a semi-automatic handgun and several clips.

“Deputies confronted him, he had the weapon on him, they took him into custody,” Mr McCabe said, adding that suspect wasn't hurt when he was taken into custody and he refused to say how he got the gun into the school.

Authorities didn’t immediately release the names of the suspect or victims.

Superintendent of Oxford Community Schools Tim Throne said he didn't know yet know the victims' names or whether their families had been contacted.

“I’m shocked. It’s devastating,” the shaken superintendent told reporters.

The school was placed on lockdown after the attack, with some children 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.

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Oxford High School is located about 70 kilometres miles north of DetroitA suspected shooter at Oxford High School in Michigan has been taken into custody The three killed are believed to be students. One of those shot is believed to be a teacher.

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Mr McCabe said investigators would be looking through social media posts for any evidence of a possible motive.

Robin Redding, the parent of a 12th-grader, told The Associated Press that there had been rumblings of trouble at the school.

“He was not in school today. He just said that ‘Ma I don’t feel comfortable. None of the kids that we go to school with are going today,’” Ms Redding said.

With Associated Press



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