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'I Have No Words, Only Tears.' Remembering Madisyn Baldwin

Oxford High School shooting victim Madisyn Baldwin remembered with an outpouring of support for her family.

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OXFORD, MI — Madisyn Baldwin, 17, was one of four teens killed in the Oxford High School shooting.

Baldwin's grandmother created a GoFundMe page for Madisyn and surpassed its goal of $30,000. As of Wednesday morning, the page raised more than $33,000.

"This beautiful, smart, sweet loving girl was tragically taken from us all today leaving a huge hole in all of our hearts and life’s,” her grandmother Jennifer Mosqueda said in the GoFundMe, which she set up to cover funeral and medical expenses along with lost income during this period of instense grieving. "This horrific day could never have been imagined or planned for."

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The page was greeted with an outpouring of support.

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"I have no words, only tears," one comment read. "Your family is in my family’s thoughts."

"My daughter and son-in-law would never ask for anything… however I am!!! the grandmother wrote. "Please … I’m reaching out to all my friends, family and loved ones for help. I want them to be able to spend time with their other children and family during this time without the worry and responsibilities of work, bills, food and arrangement obligations for their beautiful daughter taken way too soon. Anything will help. Thank you."

A petition was started to rename the Oxford High School Performing Arts Center to the "Madisyn Baldwin Performing Arts Center."

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