“I think the parents need to remember they need time to heal too,” MSU parent Eric Swanson said. “This was the biggest panic attack most of us have ever had. I've told friends that I’ve never felt as scared and helpless in my entire life as I did during those hours, and as much as we need to be there for our kids, we need to heal too.”
“I’m just trying to be the adult that I needed when I was a kid,” Reser said. “I know what it’s like to be a student that just wants to go home.”
“It feels good that I can serve the community and that I’m recognized enough to be sought after for impactful, meaningful work and that’s what I work for,” Lee said. “I love for art to serve the community more than just pretty pictures, but I hate to come for this reason. I take no joy in doing this.”
When Groeller heard about the new message that had been painted on the rock, her first thought that was the vigil that will be held Tuesday afternoon in front of it. "I thought to myself, 'who's gonna paint this over?'" Groller said. "And well, why not me?"
Hofstra University Professor Mitchell Schare said while many students may become increasingly fearful in the coming days–distrusting strangers, not wanting to leave their dorms or apartments–it’s not uncommon for others to be confident about their safety immediately following a traumatic violent event.
The family of Guadalupe Huapilla-Perez, who was hospitalized for an injury she suffered in Monday's mass shooting, is asking for donations to cover medical costs and other expenses.
“While we process (our feelings), we don't want to push ourselves into isolation,” Gayle said. “We want to seek opportunities to come together so that we can help each other as we go through this … Most of what anyone who needs help is feeling right now, others are feeling the same, and that's why it's important that we come together and try to unpack some of those feelings and try to help each other.”
“I’m just leaving because I just don't feel safe right now,” Madison Krull said. “Especially with the Union right there.”
Following the mass shooting on Michigan State University’s campus, MSU community leadership sent out statements showing their support for students.
Michigan State University and the East Lansing community has sprung into action with making sure students are supported and have outlets to cope after the mass shooting Monday night.
Alexandria Verner, from Clawson, was a junior studying biology. Verner played volleyball, basketball and softball.Brian Fraser, from Grosse Pointe, was a sophomore studying business. Fraser was the Chapter President of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at MSU. Arielle Anderson, a junior at MSU, was from Grosse Pointe.
Jack Harrison's first instinct was to get into a car and get as far from campus as possible.
“We were just kind of laying there, it was kind of just a strange feeling because we were told everything was ok but it didn’t really feel like it,” journalism freshman Ava Moschete said.
On how the Oxford community has moved on from its mass shooting, if there’s a timeline for when normalcy will resume, Haden said “it’s impossible to truly heal from something like this.”
Police have confirmed the identity of two of the victims of the Monday night mass shooting on Michigan State University's campus. The identity of the third victim is currently being withheld per the family's wishes.
"Our spartan hearts are broken," Woodruff said. "We're grieving, as a community, we're grieving together. We struggle to comprehend. We lost families, friends, classmates and our hearts go out to the victims of this senseless tragedy."
The deceased suspect in the Monday mass shooting on Michigan State University's campus has been identified by police as 43-year-old Anthony McRae. Classes will be canceled until Monday morning and a variety of resources are available to community members.
For the next 48 hours, all campus activities including classes and sporting events are canceled. Crisis counselors will be at the Hannah Community Center beginning at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14.
The Michigan State University shooting suspect that died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Lansing is confirmed to be a 43-year-old man with no affiliation to the university.
Du escaped Michigan State University's mass shooting on Feb. 13. The shooting left three dead and at least five injured.