Fourth student dies after Michigan high school shooting

Investigators are trying to determine a motive for the shooting on Tuesday at Oxford High School, in a community of about 22,000 people roughly 30 miles north of Detroit, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said

An Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy hugs family members of a student in the parking lot of Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at the school, killing several students and wounding multiple other people, including a teacher. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

A 17-year-old boy has become the fourth pupil to die from wounds suffered when a fellow student opened fire at a Michigan high school, authorities said.

The other dead included a 16-year-old boy who died in an officer’s patrol car on the way to hospital.