Michigan’s attorney general said Tuesday her office will review events that occurred before the mass shooting that left four students dead at Oxford High School, despite the district’s rejection of her offer to be its third-party investigator.
“What we can’t do is nothing. It’s not appropriate,” Dana Nessel told reporters, calling the week-old attack a “tragedy on every level. I really do think it’s incumbent upon the Michigan Department of Attorney General and the top law enforcement official in the state to conduct a further review.”
She again said she does not want to point fingers at school officials but that an investigation will identify the best practices and policies to prevent further violence.
“We really might need to revise the way that all school districts operate,” said Nessel, who plans to meet with students, parents, educators and others in Oxford Township, a community of about 23,000 people roughly 30 miles north of Detroit.
