A man killed three students and injured five on Monday (13th) at a campus of MSU (Michigan State University), one of the most important in the United States.. He committed suicide, local authorities confirmed.
“All five victims of Sparrow Hospital are in critical condition. The suspect is a 43yearold male and is not affiliated with MSU,” university police said on Twitter.
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According to the hospital’s chief physician, the victims had serious injuries and four of them required surgery.
The attacker, identified as Anthony Dwayne McRae, opened fire at an MSU building overnight, said Chris Rozman, deputy commander of campus police. After the first shooting, he went to another building, where he hit other people.
Shortly after midnight (local time), police confirmed that the shooter killed himself after fleeing campus. A gun was confiscated by police, who are still investigating the motive for the killing.
A student told CNN that the gunman fired three to four shots into the classroom before leaving. Some students smashed a window and helped others escape.
“It was really a nightmare what we experienced tonight. We are relieved that there is no longer an active threat on campus,” Rozman said.
Police cordon off the location of a suspect following a shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, USA.PHOTO: DIEUNALIO CHERY/Portal
A search warrant was issued at a home linked to the shooter, but police were unable to confirm if it was his home.
School and university shootings have become a common occurrence and part of a broader wave of violence in the United States, where gun proliferation has skyrocketed in recent years.
* With information from AFP