EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The gunman responsible for the mass shooting at Michigan State University Monday night is dead.
Officials say a 43-year-old male with no affiliation to the university killed three people and critically wounded five more.
The man reportedly took his own life as he was approached by police not far from where Monday’s shootings occurred.
There is no longer any active threat on campus, but Michigan State is canceling all of its activities on campus for the next 48 hours. No further information has been given about the suspect’s identify or a possible motive.
The first report of a shooting came in at 8:18 p.m. at Berkey Hall, an academic building on the East Lansing campus, MSU Police and Public Safety said. Police said the officers were on scene within minutes and found several victims.
MSU Police Interim Deputy Chief Chris Rozman said three people were killed, two at Berkey Hall and one at the MSU Union, police say. Police did not identify the victims in the hours after the shooting and could not say if they are students.
Five patients were taken to Sparrow Hospital in downtown Lansing. Sparrow Health spokesman John Foren said all were listed in critical condition, though there was “some variance” in how they were doing. He said “several” underwent surgery.
There were no other locations where shootings took place, police say.
It was around midnight that the suspect shot and killed himself after he was confronted by officers on the north side of Lansing.
