MSU gunman who killed three students in Lansing, Michigan, injuring five despite having no connection to school killed himself at dawn, before police got to him

Anthony Dwayne McRae, 43, opened fire on Michigan State University campus in East Lansing at 8.18pm on Monday night

McRae shot dead two students at Berkley Hall before moving on to Union Hall, where he killed a third student.

Surviving victims were transported to Sparrow Hospital for treatment

Four of the five students hospitalized required surgery

McRae an alleged religious ‘nut’, who lives with his father in Lansing was arrested in 2019 for keeping loaded gun in car

Security cam clip showed him nonchalantly walking down street after massacre 

Second school shooting in Lansing in 15 months left authorities fuming  

The gunman who killed three students and then himself at Michigan State University on Valentine’s eve was arrested in 2019 for keeping a loaded gun in his car.
Police said the suspect, 43-year-old Anthony Dwayne McRae, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after being confronted by police a few hours after the shooting.
McRae 43, who pled guilty guilty to a felony firearm charge in 2019, according to court records, had no affiliation with the university and police didn’t know why he came to the campus on a shooting rampage.
McRae opened fire on MSU campus at 8.18pm last night, shooting dead two kids at Berkley Hall before moving on to Union Hall, where he killed a third student.
The motive behind the actions of the alleged religious ‘nut’ remains unclear, as he is not known to have any ties to the school.
Public records show McRae lives in Lansing with his father. His mother died last year. His job status is unknown, but on social media, he ranted about God, frequently posting disturbing exorcist photos and selfies holding a cross.

Furious Michigan Democrats called for gun reform today after the MSU shooting,  which comes just 15 months after Ethan Crumbley killed four kids at Oxford High School. 
Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin fumed at having to take the podium again so soon after the Oxford tragedy, where four students were killed. 
‘I cannot believe I am here again doing this 15 months later. I am filled with rage that we have to have another press conference about our children being killed in schools,’ she fumed. 
Earlier, Governor Gretchen Whitmer said: ‘We cannot keep living like this.’

Among the survivors of last night’s shooting are children who escaped Crumbley just 15 months ago. 
Andrea Ferguson’s daughter is in her first semester at MSU. She sheltered in place last night during the rampage. 
‘I never expected in my lifetime to have to experience two school shootings. There’s several kids there that our daughter’s friends with that are going through the same thing.
‘It was like reliving Oxford all over again,’ she told Click2Detroit. 

Jennifer Mancini is another parent whose daughter was caught up in both shootings. 
‘She said, ‘Mom, I hear gunshots … What’s going on?” she told The Detroit Free Press, asking that her daughter’s name not be used.  
The gunman in last night’s attack was identified Tuesday morning by police as Anthony McRae, a 43-year-old from Lansing who has no known ties to the school. 
It remains unclear what his motive for the shooting is, or what kind of weapon he used. 
McRae murdered three MSU students in two different locations on campus last night and injured five others, before he shot himself hours later, shortly after midnight, before police got to him.
‘I never expected in my lifetime to have to experience two school shootings. There’s several kids there that our daughter’s friends with that are going through the same thing. 
 Andrea Ferguson, whose daughter survived Oxford High School shooting in 2021 
Those victims names will be released later today. 

McRae’s on campus rampage lasted nearly four hours, as he ran through the streets, brandishing a gun, and firing at random targets for which law enforcement is yet to establish a motive.
The security camera clip showed him, wearing a jean-jacket, ball cap and red sneakers, wandering nonchalantly along a street having just shot up two separate locations on campus. 
The gun brandishing man reportedly, strode into an academic building named Berkey Hall at 8:18 pm, blasting indiscriminately at the occupants. 
Less than 15 minutes later, gunshots were reported at the MSU Union building, a popular spot for students to eat, drink and study just a 10-minute walk from Berkey Hall.
Two people died at the scene and three others sustained serious injuries.
By the time law enforcement, responding to the torrent of urgent 911 calls converged on the area,the shooter had already left the premises, heading west out of the building and skulking along campus roads as he hunted for his next victims.
One more person was killed at the MSU Union and two more were injured.

Witnesses reported seeing the suspected gunman leaving the union building wearing an olive jean jacket, red shoes, a black mask, and a baseball cap.
The security camera clip showed the suspect wandering nonchalantly along a street having just shot up two separate locations on campus.
State police released this photo of the shooter in a bid to track him down.

Chris Rozman, the interim deputy chief of Michigan State University police, said: ‘We have no idea why he came to campus. He was not affiliated in any way with Michigan State University – he is not faculty or a student or staff.’ 
Rozman confirmed the five injured people gunned down in the terror on Monday night remained in a critical condition at Sparrow Hospital.
MSU campus will now be closed for 48 hours following the attack. 

Marlon Lynch, chief of Michigan State University Police, announced at around 12:30pm the gunman was dead.
He said: ‘The suspect was located outside of the MSU campus and has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. This truly has been a nightmare.’
Lynch said the shelter-in-place order had been lifted. He added: ‘This is the beginning of a long healing process for those affected. There are several different crime scenes that we are processing with our state and federal partners, and there is a lot of work to be done.’

Rozman previously urged terrified students on campus to remain in a sheltered place as they hunt down the suspect – who was described as having a ‘long gun.’ 
The police chief told everyone to stay away from the surrounding area and confirmed that all college activities will be canceled for the next 48 hours. 

Helicopters scouted overhead as the urgent search for the gunman continued during the lockdown – with FBI teams spreading out across the 5,200-acre campus. 
Rozman said the incident began at 8:18pm in Berkey Hall, on the East Lansing campus. It ended when the gunman, 43, killed himself just after midnight. 
He said: ‘We were quickly on scene, within minutes, and there we did locate several victims of a shooting.

The incident did move to a building in close proximity – the Michigan State Union building, where there was another report of a shooting immediately after the report of the first incident.’
Rozman said there was ‘an overwhelming law enforcement response’ to the shooting. He said there was one suspect and he was ‘last seen leaving the MSU Union on foot on the north side of that building.’ 
Chris Rozman, deputy chief of Michigan State University police confirmed that the shooter has died after the rampage on Monday night press conference held at 1am