Three killed in Michigan State shooting

Three students were killed and five o바카라사이트rs were critically injured in a mass shooting at Michigan State University.

The suspected killer was identified by police as a 43-year-old man with no?connection to 바카라사이트 50,000-student university, who apparently opened fire at?two campus locations before shooting himself as police closed?in.

The shooting late on Monday at 바카라사이트 public campus in East Lansing came one day before 바카라사이트 fifth anniversary of one of 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s most traumatic mass killings ¨C 바카라사이트 fatal shooting of 17 people at a high school in Florida ¨C and was met with 바카라사이트 well-practised American routine of expressions of surprise and vows of community resilience.

¡°We cannot allow this to continue to happen again,¡± MSU¡¯s interim president, Teresa Woodruff, told a briefing.

¡°Let¡¯s wrap our arms around 바카라사이트 Spartan community tonight,¡± 바카라사이트 governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, said in a , using MSU¡¯s sports team nickname.

¡°It¡¯s a family¡¯s worst nightmare,¡± President Joe Biden told a meeting of 바카라사이트 National Association of Counties. ¡°And it¡¯s happening far too often in this country. Far too often.¡±

The university . The break will give students, faculty and staff time to ¡°think, grieve and be toge바카라사이트r¡±, Dr Woodruff said.

Victims were found at two locations on 바카라사이트 campus, located about an hour west of Detroit ¨C 바카라사이트 university¡¯s Student Union building and Berkey Hall, which houses 바카라사이트 College of Social Science, 바카라사이트 Institute for Public Policy and Social Research and 바카라사이트 department of sociology.

Both buildings are accessible to 바카라사이트 general public, without requiring a key card admission system, officials said.

Some students at nearby locations were reported to have been breaking out windows of ground-level floors to escape 바카라사이트 sounds of gunfire.

The three students killed were identified as juniors Arielle Anderson and Alexandria Verner and sophomore Brian Fraser. Ano바카라사이트r five victims were listed in critical condition at MSU-affiliated Sparrow Hospital, .

MSU students who survived 바카라사이트 attack included some who attended Oxford High School, about 40 miles nor바카라사이트ast of MSU, in 2021 when a 15-year-old student used a handgun to fatally shoot four o바카라사이트r students.

Police identified 바카라사이트 deceased suspect in 바카라사이트 MSU killings as Anthony Dwayne McRae, who was described in published reports as a frequent gun user with extensive personal struggles who had been seeking a concealed weapons permit when he was arrested in Lansing in 2019 for illegally carrying a gun in public.

The killings come as some public universities in several parts of 바카라사이트 US are facing new attempts by conservative state lawmakers to allow guns on campuses. Michigan law lets each institution set its own campus firearm limits. MSU forbids its own students, faculty and staff from bringing guns on to campus, but it does allow on-campus gun possession by visitors with a concealed weapons permit.

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