A video from inside Michigan's Oxford High School during a shooting on Tuesday shows students evacuating a classroom through a window after someone claiming to be a sheriff's officer asks them to open the door.
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The video, taken by a student who shared it with his father, was then shared with Fox Detroit. CNN's Anderson Cooper also verified that the video was taken that day, attributing it to Mark Kluska.
"Sheriff's office. It's safe to come out," an unknown voice says from behind the door.
A student responds with: "We're not willing to take that risk right now."
"I can't hear you," the unknown person responds.
A student says: "We're not taking that risk right now."
The person responds: "OK, well, come to the door and look at my badge, bro."
The students then turn to each other, suspicious that the person claiming to be from the sheriff's department said "bro."
"He said 'bro,' red flag," a student says.
A few seconds later someone whispers "window," and the students begin climbing out, then run across a walkway where a sheriff's deputy opens a door to let them into another part of the building.
During a press conference on Tuesday night, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said police were told that the gunman may have pretended to be law enforcement to get into classrooms that were barricaded.
Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon that police responded to the shooting at the high school about 12:50 p.m.
Three students: a 16-year-old boy, a 14-year-old girl, and a 17-year-old girl were killed in the shooting, police said, adding that there were multiple people injured, including a teacher.
One suspect, a 15-year-old sophomore, was taken into custody, police said.
The Oakland County Sheriff's Office didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
