Fourth Student Dies from Michigan High School Shooting

A 17-year-old boy (not pictured) has become the fourth student to die from Tuesday’s shooting at Michigan’s Oxford High School.

On Wednesday, The Associated Press reported that the boy died that day from wounds he suffered when a 15-year-old male suspect allegedly opened fire at the school they attended.

NBC News identified the victim as Justin Shilling, who per the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, died around 10:45 a.m. at McLaren Oakland Hospital in Pontiac.

The Sheriff’s Office previously identified the three other victims as Tate Myre, 16, Hana St. Juliana, 14, and Madisyn Baldwin, 17 (all pictured above).

The event also injured at least seven students, including a 14-year-old girl who was placed on a ventilator.

“She’s currently on a ventilator after surgery, so it’s looking very tough for this young girl,” Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said at a news conference Tuesday.

Bouchard added that one teacher was also wounded in the shooting.

Per Bouchard, the suspect’s father said he bought the 9mm Sig Sauer allegedly used in the shooting on Friday. Bouchard added that the suspect had been posting pictures of the gun and was practicing shooting it.

On Tuesday starting at 12:51 p.m., over 100 calls came into the local 911 call center about the shooting.

According to Michael McCabe, undersheriff with the Sheriff’s Office, the 15-year-old suspect was taken into custody within five minutes of the calls and a semi-automatic handgun was recovered.

Bouchard said the gun that the suspect was carrying had seven more rounds of ammo in it.

McCabe said Tuesday that the suspect “has already invoked his right to not speak” and is not telling authorities any information.

“It’s a very tragic situation, obviously,” McCabe added.

Bouchard said the suspect had no previous run-ins with his department and is not aware of any disciplinary history at the boy’s high school.

“That’s part of our investigation to determine what happened prior to this event and if some signs were missed, how were they missed and why,” Bouchard said.

As reported by NBC News, Bouchard said the suspect’s parents have asked for a lawyer, and under Michigan law, authorities cannot speak with a juvenile without parental permission.

“They have refused that permission,” the sheriff said. “So, we can’t get the motive from the suspect that we have in custody, but we think we’ve got a path to get a lot of supportive information as to how and why this occurred.”