More than 100 schools in Michigan canceled classes on Friday due to threats after a shooting at a Detroit-area high school this week, according to local media reports, a significant increase from Thursday.
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The Associated Press.
The number of schools that were closed due to threats rose to over 100 on Friday, affecting both the eastern and western parts of the state.
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said Thursday that he believes the state is experiencing a "flood of false threats" on social media that are driven by students trying to get out of class.
Local authorities are working with the FBI and the Secret Service to assess online threats to determine if they pose a real danger.
A teenager has been arrested and charged with terrorism and first-degree murder for allegedly carrying out a shooting at a high school in a Detroit suburb that left four students dead.
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"I don't know what's in people's minds to make them think that after a real tragedy it makes sense to make false threats", said Bouchard at a news conference on Thursday.
The key background.
The shooting at Oxford High School was the worst in the US in the past year. The number of school shootings has risen to record highs after a brief decline earlier in the Covid-19 epidemic when most schools shifted to remote instruction. The note on his desk that depicted a handgun and the words "The thoughts won't stop, help me" were found by his parents hours before the shooting, but they didn't take action. His father had purchased a 9mm Sig Sauer handgun four days before the shooting. The Crumbley's were charged with four counts of manslaughter for their son's actions.
A student at the school was arrested on Thursday for making a threat on social media to carry out a mass shooting. Fourteen students and three staff members were killed in a massacre at the school.
60 Michigan schools close because of threats after Oxford shooting.
The 4th victim in the Michigan high school shooting has died.
The suspect in the Michigan school shooting has been charged with terrorism and murder.
The parents of the Michigan school shooting suspect have been charged with manslaughter.
A student from the school where a shooting took place was arrested for threatening the school.
