Boy, 17, injured in Michigan high school shooting dies, raising death toll to four

A prayer vigil is held at Lake Point Community Church in Oxford, Michigan where community members prayed for the community and the families of those killed and injured after a deadly shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford (Picture: Reuters)

A 17-year-old boy has become the fourth student to die from a shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan.

The boy, Justin Shilling, died around 10.45am Wednesday at McLaren Oakland Hospital in Pontiac, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.

He is the fourth person killed from the shooting that took place at the high school on Tuesday afternoon. The suspected shooter, a 15-year-old boy, remains in custody at a juvenile detention center where he is reportedly not cooperating with police.

The three other students who were killed Tuesday include Tate Myre, 16; Hana St Juliana, 14; and Madisyn Baldwin, 17.

Community members gathered Tuesday evening to mourn the lives lost in a shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan (Picture: Getty Images)

The suspect reportedly posted pictures of the semiautomatic handgun he used to open fire on classmates and teachers to social media before the massacre. His father had purchased the gun four days earlier.

‘He came out with the intent to kill people. He was shooting people at close range often times toward the head or chest,’ Sheriff Michael Bouchard said on CNN on Wednesday morning. ‘It’s chilling. It’s just absolutely cold-hearted murderous.’

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