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Detroit Lions preparing for Minnesota Vikings with heavy hearts after Oxford shooting

As school districts around metro Detroit closed Thursday due to threats of violence, the terror of the Oxford High School shooting continued to hit close to home for members of the Detroit Lions.

Lions offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn said one of his assistants had to leave a meeting Thursday morning because the assistant's 14-year-old daughter was scared to go to school.

Lynn told the assistant, who he declined to identify, to spend as much time as he needed with his daughter "cause that's real."

"That’s the world we live in, that’s sad," Lynn said.