News

Three People Fatally Shot At Michigan State University, Gunman Kills Himself Afterwards Police Say

<p>Three people were fatally shot and another five injured at Michigan State University Monday night after a gunman opened fire on-campus&comma; before ultimately shooting himself and taking his own life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The deadly mass shooting prompted a massive manhunt while forcing terrified students to hide in the dark&comma; according to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;apnews&period;com&sol;article&sol;michigan-state-university-campus-shootings-b52b808c621273dcad1c233ed4080fe4" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em><strong>Associated Press<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Gunman Opened Fire Inside On-Campus Buildings&comma; Prompting Hours-Long Manhunt For Suspect<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Authorities have since identified the shooter as 43-year-old Anthony McRae&comma; per <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fox2detroit&period;com&sol;news&sol;michigan-state-university-shooting-what-we-know-about-the-suspect" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Fox 2 Detroit<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>McRae&&num;8217&semi;s death early Tuesday morning&comma; just four hours after the shootings began at Berkey Hall &&num;8211&semi; an academic building &&num;8211&semi; before moving to nearby MSU Union&comma; where students often go to eat and study&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chris Rozman&comma; interim deputy chief of the campus police department&comma; said two people were killed at Berkey and another was killed at the MSU Union&comma; while five people were in critical condition at Sparrow Hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This truly has been a nightmare we’re living tonight&comma;” Rozman said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1625516290495348736" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Widespread Manhunt For Gunman Takes Over Campus For Hours&comma; Suspect Not Affiliated With The University<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Hundreds of police officers descended upon the East Lansing campus to search for the gunman&comma; who was described as a short Black man wearing a jean jacket&comma; red shows and a baseball hat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>McCrae was eventually confronted by authorities off-campus before he killed himself with a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;self-inflicted gunshot wound&comma;” Rozman said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">Rozman provided little details on the gunman&comma; but did confirm that the man was not a student or employee and had no affiliation with the university&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have no idea why he came to campus to do this tonight&period; That is part of our ongoing investigation&comma;” the deputy chief went on to say&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Michigan State has about 50&comma;000 students&comma; including 19&comma;000 who live on-campus&period; All classes&comma; sports and other activities were canceled for 48 hours following the shootings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1625493303532883971" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Mass Shooting Incident Forced Students To Hid In Darkness As Police Scoured The Campus For Shooter<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The mass shooting incident forced students to hide and turn off all the lights in their rooms as police searched for the gunman&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">WDIV-TV meteorologist Kim Adams&comma; whose daughter attends Michigan State&comma; told viewers that students were exhausted by the hours-long ordeal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They’ve been hiding&comma; all the lights off in a dark room&comma;” Adams said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">Aedan Kelley&comma; a junior who lives a half-mile from campus&comma; said he locked his doors and covered his windows &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;just in case” as sirens and a helicopter blared around him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s all very frightening&comma;” Kelley said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And then I have all these people texting me wondering if I’m OK&comma; which is overwhelming&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1625513551317069828" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Monday Night&&num;8217&semi;s Deadly Shooting Comes Exactly Five Years Since Parkland Florida Massacre Back In 2018<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Monday night&&num;8217&semi;s shooting is the latest in what has already become a deadly new year across the country&period; The Associated Press reports that dozens of people have been killed in mass shooting incidents since January 1&comma; 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">Perhaps most notably was a shooting in California that left 11 Asian-Americans dead at a dance hall during celebrations of the Lunar New Year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">And last year saw over 600 mass shootings in the U&period;S&period;&comma; incidents where at least four people were killed or injured&comma; according to the Gun Violence Archive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is a uniquely American problem&comma;” Michigan Gov&period; Gretchen Whitmer said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>This most recent mass shooting comes exactly five years since the then- 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami suburban town of Parkland&comma; Florida&comma; murdering 17 people and injuring 17 others back on February 14&comma; 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"111985" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;three-people-fatally-shot-at-michigan-state&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;font-size&colon; 25px&semi;font-weight&colon; 600&semi;">What Do You Think Roomies&quest;<&sol;div> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions wpra-static-emojis size-medium" style&equals;"border-color&colon; &num;ffffff&semi;border-width&colon; 0px&semi;border-radius&colon; 50px&semi;border-style&colon; solid&semi;background&colon; &num;ffffff&semi;">&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"emoji-8 wpra-reaction wpra-pad-fix" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"8"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-10 wpra-reaction wpra-pad-fix" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"10"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-4 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"4"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-5 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"5"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-2 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"2"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-7 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"7"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-12 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"12"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div> <&sol;div> <div class&equals;"wpra-share-wrap wpra-share-buttons-bordered" style&equals;"">&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab; <&sol;div> <&excl;-- end of share buttons -->&Tab;&Tab;&Tab; <&sol;div> <&excl;-- end of reactions container --> <&sol;div> <&excl;-- end of reactions wrap -->&Tab;&Tab;

Matthew McNulty

x