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Those who died were a 16-year-old boy and two girls aged 14 and 17. The suspect, a fellow student at the school, has been arrested by the police and is under investigation. Here are more details on this.
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The attack at Oxford High School on Tuesday adds to a lengthy list of school shootings across the United States in recent years. It will likely renew calls from politicians and others to tighten gun laws in the country. While there was a drop in school shootings last year during coronavirus-induced lockdowns, such incidents have rebounded with 138 reported in 2021 so far.
Victims Victims include a football player, two others
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