Superintendent defends actions before deadly Michigan school shooting

Oxford Community Schools superintendent Tim Throne clarified and defended some of the actions taken by school staff prior to the November shooting at Oxford High School that left four students dead and seven others injured. Mutliple lawsuits have been filed against the school district, accusing personnel of not doing enough to prevent the shooting.

"Unfortunately, there have been numerous irresponsible and false allegations as well as inaccurate claims regarding Oxford Community Schools," Throne said in a letter sent on Tuesday. 

Throne wrote that the school district was not aware of social media posts from Ethan Crumbley — the teenager accused of carrying out the shooting — until after the attack. Investigators have pointed to a "mountain of digital evidence" suggesting that the shooting was planned in advance, including a video from the night before the attack that mentioned killing students and another post that showed the gun that was used in the shooting. Two lawsuits filed last year also accuse school officials of failing to notify police about the alleged shooter's social media posts.