Three people were killed and five were injured, some seriously, when a gunman opened fire on the main campus of Michigan State University on Monday night. He was found dead hours later, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot, according to police.
Chris Rozman, interim deputy chief of the university police, stated that shots were fired at two locations: the Michigan State University (MSU) Union building and an academic building called Berkey Hall. Although there were no official details available at this time,
Rozman revealed to reporters at a televised briefing approximately three hours later that police responding to the shooting, which began shortly after 8 p.m. (01:00 GMT), found victims at both locations.
Rozman stated that the motive was unknown to investigators. Additionally, he asserted that the university was unaware of any threats to the campus prior to the bloodshed on Monday.
According to Rozman, there were five people taken to the hospital, some of whom had life-threatening injuries. Three of the victims died. The MSU Union and Berkey Hall were the locations of two of the deceased.
Rozman stated, "that scene is being investigated as a crime scene," and that the suspect "was contacted by law enforcement off campus" at some point.
Rozman stated that the gunman was found dead approximately four hours after the violence began, from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.
"The campus is no longer in danger. He stated, "We believe there is only one suspect in this incident."
Authorities had instructed students, faculty, and residents of the off-campus neighborhoods surrounding East Lansing, which is approximately 90 miles northwest of Detroit, to "shelter in place" while the manhunt was ongoing.
"GO, GO, GO" About three hours after the shooting, MSU police released two still images of the suspect from a surveillance camera. The images showed the suspect entering a building, climbing a short flight of stairs, wearing a baseball cap, a jacket, and a black mask covering his lower face.
Monday night, MSU police announced that the university's flagship East Lansing campus, a sprawling public academic center home to approximately 50,000 undergraduate students, would be closed to all classes and activities for 48 hours.
On Nov. 30, 2021, a 15-year-old student opened fire with a semi-automatic pistol at Oxford High School in Oakland County, Michigan, approximately 80 miles east of East Lansing. The deadly mass shooting occurred 14 months later.
The attack, which was the deadliest school shooting in the United States that year, left four classmates dead and injured, as well as six students and a teacher.
Despite indications that he was emotionally disturbed, authorities said that the teen suspect in the 2021 shooting, who has pleaded not guilty to murder charges, used a gun his parents bought him for Christmas. In the case, involuntary manslaughter charges were brought against both parents.
On Twitter, Governor Gretchen Whitmer stated that she was receiving information regarding the East Lansing shooting.
Alexis Dinkins, a sophomore at Michigan State University who was in Akers Hall, a dormitory on campus, told the Detroit News that she heard people shouting "Go, go, go" as the incident progressed.
When she and others tried to flee the dorm, they ran into police, who told them to go to a bus stop nearby.
The Detroit News reported that Dinkins told a group of students as she left Akers on a campus sidewalk, "We don't feel safe anywhere." She called the circumstance "terrifying."
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