Five students wounded in Michigan State shooting still critical, police say

Five students wounded in a shooting at Michigan State University remain in critical condition, three days after a heavily armed gunman entered two buildings at the campus and opened fire, killing three other students, police said on Thursday. The gunman, identified as Anthony Dwayne McRae of Lansing, Michigan, shot himself to death after the rampage on Monday night.

Five students wounded in a shooting at Michigan State University remain in critical condition, three days after a heavily armed gunman entered two buildings at the campus and opened fire, killing three other students, police said on Thursday.

The gunman, identified as Anthony Dwayne McRae of Lansing, Michigan, shot himself to death after the rampage on Monday night. McRae had no known affiliation to the university in East Lansing, about 90 miles (145 km) northwest of Detroit. McRae entered Berkey Hall, an academic building on the school's northern campus, and began shooting, authorities said. He then fled to another building and opened fire there before police arrived.

Police found the suspect's body nearly four miles (6.5 km) from the campus at 11:35 p.m., about three hours after the first report of a shooting. Three students - two 20-year-olds and a 19-year-old - were killed. The five hospitalized students were improving but were still in critical condition as of Thursday morning, Chris Rozman, interim deputy police chief at Michigan State, said during a news briefing.

Out of respect to families, authorities will not release the names of the wounded, he said. Their lives were saved by fellow students who rendered aid as the mass shooting was unfolding, said Marlon Lynch, the university's police chief.

When his body was found, McRae had two 9mm handguns. He also had eight loaded magazines in a backpack, as well as two magazines on his person, Rozman said. He noted that the guns were purchased legally but were not registered.

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