WELCOME BACK THE MICHIGAN STATE SHOOTINGS LAST NIGHT. COME, OF COURSE ABOUT 14 MONTHS AFTER THE
SHOOTING AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
THAT LEFT FOUR STUDENTS DEAD.
THAT’S RIGHT, DEVON IN A GOOD
NUMBER OF OXFORD GRADUATES CHOSE
TO ATTEND MICHIGAN STATE, WHICH
MEANS THEY’RE GOING THROUGH THE
SAME KIND OF TRAUMA FOR A SECOND
TIME. PAULA TUTMAN IS IN OXFORD
TODAY, CHECKING ON HOW THAT
COMMUNITY IS DEALING WITH ALL OF
THIS. HI YEAH, I WAS JUST
TRANSFIXED WHEN OUR JACQUELINE
FRANCIS CROSSED THE STORY OF
JACKIE MATTHEWS, WHO SURVIVED
THE SANDY HOOK SHOOTING AND IT’S
SO HARD TO WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND
THE IDEA THAT SOMEONE COULD
SURVIVE TWO SHOOTINGS. SO I WANT
YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS
LIKE FOR SO MANY MEMBERS OF ONE
COMMUNITY SURVIVING. TWO OF
THESE KINDS OF SHOOTINGS. YOU
DON’T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
THEY’LL TELL YOU THIS IS WHAT IT
WAS LIKE FOR OXFORD PARENT,
LINDA WATSON, WHO RAISED HER SON
WHO HAD JUST BEEN SHOT AT OXFORD
HIGH SCHOOL. JUST 15 MONTHS AGO
, 18 SURVIVED. HE STILL SUFFERS
PTSD. HE STILL SUFFERS FROM PAIN
FROM THAT GUNSHOT WOUND. AND
LAST NIGHT HE DID SOMETHING NO
ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO DO. HE
CONTACTED HIS BROTHER CALEB AT
MSU AND TALKED HIM THROUGH HOW
TO SURVIVE. A MASS SHOOTING.
BECAUSE HE ALREADY DONE IT. WHAT
DID YOU WHAT NOT TO DO, YOU
KNOW, LIGHTS OFF. DON’T BE ON
YOUR PHONE. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
YOUR CHARGER SO YOU CAN CONTACT
PEOPLE DON’T CALL THEM BECAUSE
IT CAN ALERT PEOPLE TO WHERE
YOUR LOCATION IS. THIS IS I HAVE
NO WORDS. HIS PARENTS ARE IN
SHOCK. THEY ARE IN GRIEF AND
THEY ARE OUTRAGED. IT WAS
HORRIBLE. EXCEPT FOR THIS TIME,
IT’S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
BECAUSE WITH AIDEN I GOT A CALL
THAT SAID, MOM, I’VE BEEN SHOT.
HELP ME. AND WHEN I GOT THE TEXT
MESSAGE FROM MICHIGAN STATE, I
HAD TO GET A HOLD OF CALEB. AND
WE COULDN’T REACH HIM AT FIRST.
OXFORD ISN’T A UNIQUE POSITION
OF LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE
LIGHTNING ACTUALLY STRIKES TWICE
. HE’S CRYING AND BARRICADING
HIS DOOR. NOVEMBER 30TH 2021, A
TEENAGE CLASSMATES OPENED FIRE
AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL, KILLING
FOUR, INJURING SEVEN AND
TRAUMATIZING HUNDREDS OF
STUDENTS. MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS
GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT
OFF TO COLLEGE, AND SOME OF THEM
LANDED AT MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY, ONLY TO GO THROUGH A
SECOND MASS SHOOTING INCIDENT IN
LESS THAN TWO YEARS. CHIEF
MATTHEW MAJESTIC OF THE OXFORD
FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS IN THAT HIGH
SCHOOL THAT DAY SUCKS. IT’S A
TERRIBLE THING. UM YOU DON’T
WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT. NOBODY
WANTS TO GO THROUGH THAT HE SAW
THINGS HE WILL NEVER FORGET. AND
LAST NIGHT WHEN ENGLAND COUNTY
CALLED FOR HELP, HE SENT A RIG
WITH HIS FIREFIGHTER. PARAMEDICS
TO A SECOND MASS SHOOTING SEEN
IN THEIR LIFETIME. BUT ONCE IT
HAPPENED, EVERYBODY KIND OF
GOES. OKAY WE’VE BEEN THROUGH
IT. WE’RE DONE. NOT SUPPOSED TO
HAPPEN AGAIN. AND FOR PARENTS
AND STUDENTS, IT IS HARD TO WRAP
YOUR HEAD AROUND THE FACT THAT
THIS COULD HAPPEN ONCE. LET
ALONE TWICE ANYWHERE WITHOUT
WITHOUT THE POTENTIAL OF IT
HAPPENING. I’M NOT PRO GET RID
OF GUNS. I MEAN, I GET IT. BUT
THESE ARE LAWS WRITTEN 300 YEARS
AGO. WE NEED TO MAKE COMMON
SENSE GUN LAWS. DO YOU REALLY
NEED TO CLIP THAT HOLDS 35. HOW
DOES A 43 YEAR OLD MENTAL
PATIENT WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD,
GET HIS PLANS ON TWO GUNS?
YOU’RE MAD, VERY MAD. THREE
CHILDREN ARE DEAD. ALL THEY DID
WAS GO TO SCHOOL HOME, BUT MORE
THAN ANYTHING, GOT ME ANGRY.
ANGRY. IT’S LIKE YOU KNOW, IT’S
NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
IT’S NOT WHAT’S SUPPOSED TO
HAPPEN AT ALL. LET ALONE AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO QUITE A
FEW PEOPLE AND THEY SAY YES,
THEY ARE IN GRIEF. THEY HAVE A
GREAT DEAL OF SADNESS. BUT WHAT
I’M GETTING MOSTLY IS PEOPLE ARE
MAD, ABSOLUTELY ANGRY, QUICK
REMINDER THAT OXFORD DOES HAVE
THE RESILIENCY CENTER. I SPOKE
WITH COMMON GROUND. THEY ARE THE
OVERSEERS. BASICALLY OF THE
RESILIENCY CENTER, WHICH OFFERS
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SUPPORT
GROUPS DIFFERENT RESOURCES FOR
OXFORD RESIDENTS FOR FREE TODAY.
I’M SURE YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE
SURPRISED BY THIS. THEY ARE
GEARING UP. FOR EVEN MORE
PEOPLE. THEY WELCOMED THEM, BUT
THEY’RE GEARING UP FOR EVEN MORE
BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY IS DOUBLY
TRAUMATIZED. GUYS. ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT. PART OF THIS. THAT IS STO