Three students were killed and six other people wounded when a 15-year-old boy allegedly opened fire Tuesday at Oxford High School.

Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe told a news conference that the suspect’s motives for the attack at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, near Detroit, were not yet known. A school teacher was also among those injured, officials said.

“A 15-year-old Oxford High School student has been taken into custody and the handgun has been recovered,” a Statement Told the sheriff’s office. “There was no resistance during the arrest and the suspect has asked for a lawyer and has not given any statement as to a motive.”

The sheriff’s office said the first call to emergency services was placed at 12.51 pm “about an active shooter at Oxford High School”, adding that the dispatch “received more than 100 9-1-1 calls during the incident”. happened”.

Oxford Township is a small community of approximately 22,000 people located approximately 30 miles north of Detroit.

Officers responded and arrested the suspect and recovered a handcuff, the sheriff’s office said, not thinking there was more than one attacker.

Officials did not immediately identify the suspected shooter.

A medical helicopter landed in the school’s parking lot just after 2 pm.

The school was put on lockdown, with some students taking shelter in closed classrooms while authorities searched the premises. He was later taken to a nearby Meijer grocery store to be picked up by his parents.

More details soon…