MSU mass shooting: Suspect's handguns were legally purchased
Three students were killed and five others were injured in Monday's shooting.
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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MSU to resume classes on Feb. 20
Classes at Michigan State University, which were canceled this week in the wake of Monday night's deadly mass shooting, will resume on Feb. 20, school officials said Tuesday.
Meanwhile, an on-campus vigil in honor of the victims, all of whom were students, is scheduled for Wednesday night.
"We are devastated by this tragedy and wrap our collective arms around the victims' families and friends who face unimaginable injury and loss," MSU's vice president of university advancement, Kim Tobin, said in a statement announcing the details.
Victim Arielle Anderson remembered for passion to help others
Arielle Anderson, a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan, was one of the three Michigan State students killed in the shooting. Her family remembered her as a "precious daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin, and friend" in a statement shared Tuesday evening through her mother's employer, Comerica Bank.
"As much as we loved her, she loved us and others even more," the family said. "She was passionate about helping her friends and family, assisting children and serving people."
Anderson, who was described as "sweet and loving with an infectious smile," wanted to be a surgeon, her family said.
"Driven by her aspiration to tend to the health and welfare of others as a surgeon, she was working diligently to graduate from Michigan State University early to achieve her goals as quickly as possible," the family said.
"We are absolutely devastated by this heinous act of violence upon her and many other innocent victims," the statement added.
University releases names of victims
The three Michigan State students killed in the shooting have been identified by university police.
Brian Fraser, a sophomore, and Arielle Anderson, a junior, were both from Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Alexandria Verner, a junior, was from Clawson, Michigan.
Five other students remain in the hospital in critical condition following the attack.
Suspect walked from his home to campus, viewed himself as ‘loner’
The FBI offered new details on the suspected gunman in a confidential briefing to law enforcement on Tuesday.
Investigators have determined 43-year-old Anthony McRae walked from his home to Michigan State and had no connection to the university or the victims.
Authorities said that when McRae was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, he had a “3-page document expressing his reasons for the attack and a number of additional locations in Lansing and Holt, Mich.; Ewing Township and Franklin Park, NJ; and Colorado Springs, Colo., which had ‘hurted’ (sic) him and, therefore, were deserving of attack.” Agents believe he had “personal grievances” with people at those locations.
McRae lived with his father, who is cooperating with the investigation, the FBI reported.
Investigators said the suspect’s writings confirmed he “was often alone.” The briefing said the gunman viewed himself as “a loner” and an “outcast” who was “never noticed or accepted by others.”
-ABC News’ Josh Margolin
Suspect's handguns were legally purchased but not registered
The suspect in Monday's mass shooting at Michigan State had two 9 mm handguns and additional magazines and ammunition on him when he was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Michigan State University Interim Deputy Chief Chris Rozman said at a news conference Thursday.
The guns were purchased legally but were not registered, Rozman said.
The suspect, 43-year-old Anthony McRae, was found dead about 3.8 miles from the MSU campus on Monday night, Rozman said.
McRae had a two-page note that listed threats against Michigan State, two New Jersey schools, and 13 local businesses, including a Meijer grocery store chain warehouse where he had previously worked, Michigan State Police said.
Body camera video showed McRae did not say anything to officers before he died by suicide, authorities said.
Police said they interviewed McRae's father who indicated that his son rarely left his room and had no friends.
Marlon Lynch, MSU’s vice president for public safety and chief of police, commended the students who helped render aid to their classmates when gunfire erupted in Berkey Hall.
Four of the injured students were in critical condition and one was in stable condition on Thursday, officials said.
Their names have still not been released.
-ABC News’ Alex Perez and Whitney Lloyd