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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The gunman who killed 3 students & wounded 5 at Michigan State University was a 43-year-old with a previous gun violation who fatally shot himself after an hourslong manhunt that ended in a confrontation with police miles from campus, officials said Tuesday.
Investigators still were sorting out why Anthony McRae fired inside an academic building & the student union shortly before 8:30 p.m. Monday.
“We have absolutely no idea what the motive was,” said Chris Rozman, deputy chief of campus police, adding that McRae, was not a student or Michigan State employee.
The dead & injured in the gunfire at Berkey Hall & the MSU Union, a popular place to eat & study, all were students, Rozman said. 5 remained in critical condition at Sparrow Hospital.
Michigan State has about 50,000 students, including 19,000 who live on the suburban East Lansing campus. As hundreds of officers scoured the campus, about 90 miles northwest of Detroit, students hid where they could Monday night.
During that time, police released a photo of the suspect & an “alert citizen” recognized him.
Police confronted McRae about 5 miles from campus in an industrial area, where he killed himself.
McRae was on probation for 18 months until May 2021 for possessing a loaded, concealed gun without a permit.
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