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Feb 14, 2023 · 3 people were killed in mass shooting on MSU campus, police say. Three people died in Monday’s mass shooting on the Michigan State University campus, the police said Monday night. This is in ...
- Live updates: Michigan State University shooting update | CNN
Officials are now giving an update on the investigation into...
- Live updates: Michigan State University shooting update | CNN
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LANSING, Mich. — Yet another American community was grappling Tuesday with the aftermath of yet another deadly mass shooting, this time on the campus of Michigan State University.
Police searched for a motive, survivors recounted their brush with death, politicians denounced the mayhem and expressed condolences, a heartbroken doctor broke down in tears as he tallied up the latest losses — three dead, five wounded, all students targeted by yet another suspect with an unknown grudge and a gun.
The post-chaos choreography following the latest mass shooting was all too familiar to Michigan mom Andrea Ferguson, whose daughter survived the 2021 massacre at Oxford High School and now attends Michigan State.
“It was like reliving Oxford all over again,” Ferguson said, referring to the high school massacre that left four students dead. “The phone call, the word shooting, shooter, it was surreal.”
This was also the second deadly mass shooting for 21-year-old Michigan State University senior Jackie Matthews. She was 11 years when a gunman armed with an assault rifle gunned down 20 first graders and six staffers at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in her hometown of Newtown, Connecticut.
“Something so traumatic is devastating no matter what age you are,” said Matthews, who remembers being on lockdown at Reed Intermediate School, the neighboring school to Sandy Hook.
The suspect was identified as Anthony Dwayne McRae, 43, who was not affiliated with MSU and who killed himself as police were closing-in on him, Rozman said.
Police have not yet come up with a motive. But the suspected gunman's father, Michael McRae, told NBC News that his son turned “evil and mean” and became a recluse following his mother’s death two years ago.
Neighbor Megan Bender said the suspect lived with his dad, used a bicycle to get around, and drew complaints for firing his gun into the backyard.
“He was firing a firearm out of the back door of the house into the yard,” she said. “We’re right in the city. You shouldn’t be firing a firearm in the middle of the city.”
The five wounded, currently being treated at E.W. Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, are in critical condition, said Dr. Denny Martin, the hospital's chief medical officer.
“Four of those individuals did require surgical intervention," he said. "One did not and was taken to the critical care unit after being triaged."
Three freshmen were in a dining hall when a relative called one of them to say there was a shooter, the women told NBC affiliate WILX of Lansing.
They were told to stay calm but eventually blocked the doors, they said. A large group then left in a rush.
“Everyone was screaming everyone’s names," one of the students told the station. "It was really loud, really hectic."
Bernice Rizera, who lives 60 miles away in Grand Rapids and whose daughter attends Michigan State, jumped in her car and drove to the campus after she heard about the shooting.
“I was just like in a panic," she told WILX. "I was driving 100 mph here. I just want to get my baby home. That’s it, I just want my baby home.”
In the aftermath of the shooting, Michigan State canceled all campus activities, including athletics and classes, for two days. Students and staff members were urged to stay away from campus Tuesday.
President Joe Biden spoke with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday evening, a White House official told NBC News.
"Jill and I are praying for the three students killed and the five students fighting for their lives after last night’s shooting at Michigan State University," Biden said later in a statement. "Our hearts are with these young victims and their families, the broader East Lansing and Lansing communities, and all Americans across the country grieving as the result of gun violence."
Whitmer said her state was devastated by the violence.
“MSU’s campus is a special place for so many, and it is now the site of another senseless act of gun violence," she said in a statement Tuesday. "Parents across Michigan were on pins and needles calling their kids to check in on them and tell them they love them.
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