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."
Michigan State men's basketball game versus Minnesota is postponed.
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.
UPDATE: The suspect in a mass shooting on Michigan State University's campus that has left three dead and multiple injured is dead, MSUPD interim deputy chief Chris Rozman confirmed at 12:38 p.m. at a press briefing.
MSU students describe their experience of being on campus during a shooting at multiple locations.
MSUPD interim deputy chief Chris Rozman has confirmed that the shooter has died of a self-inflicted wound. The shelter-in-place order has been lifted and there is no longer a threat on campus.
“I feel like if my school would have encouraged us to attend these sorts of events, it would have given me more knowledge of what I wanted to do when I was older,” event chair and SWE member Paulina Sandoval said. “It wouldn’t have left me scrambling. I was a senior in high school trying to figure out what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, with my college career.”
MSU researchers have discovered a way to allow the switchgrass plant to reach its full potential as a biofuel crop, following a discovery of one of its growth limitations. The discovery could ease dependence on fossil fuels as a source of energy.
Michigan State men's basketball former star Keith Appling pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Monday.
The Spartans have one last item to check off their regular season to-do list, as they travel to Madison to take on Wisconsin. Puck drop is set for Friday at 9 p.m. and Saturday at 8 p.m.