3 students dead, others hurt in Michigan high school shooting; 15-year-old suspect in custody, authorities say

3 students dead, others hurt in Michigan high school shooting; 15-year-old suspect in custody, authorities say

“This couldn’t be just random,” she said. “He just said that ‘Ma, I don’t feel comfortable. None of the kids that we go to school with are going today.’”

Redding expressed concern with school safety in general and did not provide specifics about what her son had heard. Authorities acknowledged the reports of possible violence at the school but said speculation and rumors were spreading on social media. “We will get to the bottom of this,” McCabe said, noting authorities were searching the suspect’s home that evening.

“I’m shocked,” Tim Throne, Oxford Community Schools superintendent, said after the shooting. “It’s devastating.”

Throne said that the school doesn’t have metal detectors and that he didn’t believe there had been discussions about them. McCabe said authorities knew how the student brought in the weapon but did not elaborate.

Whitmer was one of several elected officials who expressed condolences to the victims.