Families of Oxford High School shooting victims demand state-led investigation

OXFORD, Michigan (FOX 2) – On the occasion of the third anniversary of its establishment Oxford High School As the shooting approaches, family members of the victims continue to seek accountability and answers.

Those family members, including the parents of the four slain students — Tate Myre, Hana St. Juliana, Madisyn Baldwin and Justin Shilling — plan to hold a news conference Monday where they will call on the state to launch an independent investigation into the incident. It led to the shooting on November 30, 2021. These family members will speak without their lawyers for the first time.

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Though The attacker and his parents were sentenced and the families of the incarcerated victims still want an investigation into the actions of school staff before a 15-year-old student opened fire.

The attacker was on the school staff’s radar when he was caught searching for bullets in the classroom. drawing violent pictures on worksheet. He spent time in the school office on the morning of the shooting, and the gun was even used in his backpack at the time. So questions are beginning to be asked about whether more could have been done to prevent the deadly shooting.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel twice offered to investigate the shooting, but The school administration rejected both of his offers.It says it will use “more holistic third-party reviews.”

After the offers were rejected, the armed attack took place. Researched by Guidepost Solutionsplacing the blame on the school district.

“In certain critical areas, people at all levels of the district, from the board of directors to the superintendent and his cabinet, to OSH management and staff, failed to provide a safe and secure environment,” the report said.

The district was responsible for keeping the four students killed and the survivors and students safe, but “failed to do so,” the report said.

Despite the outcome of this investigation, family members argue that there was no subpoena power behind this in-depth review, which led to “many school employees being advised by their attorneys not to participate, leaving important questions unanswered.”