MSU mass shooting: Suspect's handguns were legally purchased

Three students were killed and five others were injured in Monday's shooting.

Last Updated: February 16, 2023, 3:26 PM EST

Three students were killed and five others were injured when a gunman opened fire at two locations on Michigan State University's main campus in East Lansing on Monday night, police said.

After an hourslong manhunt, police found the suspect -- identified as 43-year-old Anthony McRae -- dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound off campus.

Four of the injured students were in critical condition and one was in stable condition on Thursday, officials said.

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Feb 15, 2023, 1:26 PM EST

MSU students protest at Michigan capitol

Michigan State students channeled their grief into protest as they gathered at the capitol in Lansing to urge gun reform.

Hundreds braved cold and windy weather as they sat on the building’s majestic steps and listened to sympathetic and angry speeches calling for legislative action to curb the violence they and students across the nation have been exposed to.

Michigan State University students gather on the front steps of the Capitol, in Lansing, Mich., Feb. 15, 2023.
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Feb 15, 2023, 7:13 AM EST

Communities mourn victims at vigils across Michigan

Hundreds of people gathered at memorials, prayer services and candlelight vigils across Michigan on Tuesday night to honor the three students who were killed and five others who were injured in Monday's mass shooting at Michigan State University.

Mourners attend a candlelight vigil for Alexandria Verner at the Clawson High School football field in Clawson, Mich., Feb. 14, 2023.
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More vigils are planned for the rest of the week, including one scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET at The Rock, a 149-year-old landmark on MSU's main campus in East Lansing.

Mourners attend a candlelight vigil for Alexandria Verner at the Clawson High School football field in Clawson, Mich., Feb. 14, 2023.
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Feb 15, 2023, 6:06 AM EST

MSU students recount deadly mass shooting on campus

Michigan State University student Dominik Molotky was in class on Monday evening when he heard a gunshot in the hallway, just outside the door.

"I was sitting next to the nearest door and thank god that my fight-or-flight response kicked in because, right when that first gunshot went off, I booked it to the far corner of the class," Molotky, a senior, told ABC News in an interview Tuesday on "Good Morning America."

A couple seconds later, the gunman entered the classroom and fired "three to four more rounds," Molotky said.

"I was ducking and covering," he recalled. "I think one of the students in my class got hit."

When the gunfire stopped for "30 seconds to a minute," Molotky said, he and his classmates started breaking open a window so they could escape.

"There was glass everywhere," he added. "We broke open the window and climbed out of there, and I booked it back to my apartment."

Molotky and other students recounted their horrifying experiences as the mass shooting unfolded at multiple locations on MSU's main campus in East Lansing, Michigan.

Dominik Molotky was attending class on campus when a gunman opened fire on Monday evening.
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Michigan State student details experience during deadly campus shooting

Dominik Molotky was attending class on campus when a gunman opened fire on Monday evening.
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Feb 15, 2023, 5:42 AM EST

MSU student survives bloodshed 14 months after another mass shooting

ABC News spoke to Matt Riddle, who said his daughter Emma survived the bloodshed at Michigan State University on Monday night, 14 months after surviving another deadly mass shooting at a high school in Oxford, Michigan.

The shooting at Oxford High School on Nov. 30, 2021, left four people dead and seven others wounded.

"Having been through it in Oxford, it helped her understand what she needs to do in these situations," Riddle told ABC News during an interview on Tuesday night. "I don't like that she has those tools. I wish she didn't, but she does."

The Michigan State University Police Department has released the names of the young lives lost in the on campus shooting that killed three and left five others in critical condition.
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Michigan State mass shooting victims identified

The Michigan State University Police Department has released the names of the young lives lost in the on campus shooting that killed three and left five others in critical condition.
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