Students said they were aware of ominous social media posts directed toward the school. Then, in an instant, they were texting parents from barricaded classrooms, before being rescued by deputies. “Don’t look to the right,” one class was told.
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Oxford shooting: Dems push gun safety; top Republican frets for ‘freedoms’
The odds for passage of new gun restrictions or safety measures in the Michigan Legislature are slim, even in the wake of a school shooting that left four students dead.
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15-year-old suspect in Oxford school shooting recorded threat to kill classmates
Ethan Crumbley is facing murder and terrorism charges as the suspect in Tuesday’s Oxford High School shooting. Prosecutors believe the rampage was premeditated.
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In leggings, hoodies and sneakers, Oxford students mourn at church vigil
Oxford High students gathered in groups throughout Tuesday, first to escape a deadly shooting rampage and later to find comfort in faith and friendships.
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Michigan gridlock has blocked action on 50 gun reform bills this year
Activists want gun control following the Oxford High School shooting. But legislation of any kind faces a tough fight in Lansing, as more than four dozen bills have gone nowhere already.
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Oxford Michigan school shooting shows limits of heightened security
School leaders say students and staff executed their training when an active shooter struck. But a teen was able to get a handgun into Oxford High to launch a rampage. ‘Everything worked,’ said one official, ‘and it’s still a tragedy.’
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Oxford High is seventh major school shooting in Michigan since 1978
The deaths of four students and wounding of several others is by far the state’s worst school shooting.
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Shooter drills. Anxious teachers. Flying staplers. Michigan schools prepare.
It’s been 20 years since two students killed 13 people at Columbine High School. Today, Michigan schools use hockey pucks, hornet spray and gun sensors to train for the unthinkable. Are they ready? And at what cost?
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Three students dead, eight injured at Oxford High School. Sophomore in custody
‘A deeply dark day for Michigan,’ as a school shooter kills two girls, 14 and 17, and a 16-year-old boy with a gun that police say his father recently purchased.