Newly released dispatch records show multiple callers offered a description of the gunman soon after shooting. A deluge of tips about everything from suspicious trucks to loud sounds may have diverted police.
New details show lone gunman had alcohol and THC in system, took bus to campus, lingered for a while, and still had more than 200 bullets on him when he was confronted.
Video, 911 calls came out quickly after a horrific school shooting in Nashville, while the public waits for similar information in the Feb. 13 Michigan State University shooting.
The first 10 calls to 911 show chaos, fear and confusion at MSU and pose new questions about why police waited more than 12 minutes to alert students of an active shooter on campus.
As Michigan State moves to make active shooter training mandatory for all students and staff, records show optional sessions offered by the university were rarely attended before last month’s mass shooting.
A survivor of last month’s mass shooting speaks publicly for the first time, saying he is still haunted but will never forget those who came to his aid.
At a September meeting with top MSU leaders, including the police chief, at least two faculty members raised concerns about a lack of door locks in the event of a campus shooting. One speaker cited Berkey Hall specifically.
Democrats in the Michigan Senate voted Thursday to create laws allowing confiscation of guns from those who pose dangers, universal background checks and mandatory safe storage to keep firearms away from children.
MSU is the 11th college or university since 1966 where a lone gunman killed three or more people. For every school touched by such violence, moving forward has been a long and complicated process.
In the month since a terrifying mass shooting, a loose collection of MSU students has emerged to organize sit-downs, pressure lawmakers, tend to classmates and demand that school officials create a safer campus for those who follow.
The 43-year-old shooter can be seen checking his handgun clip for ammunition before walking into a room at the MSU Union the night of Feb. 13, newly released surveillance shows. He left a minute before police arrived.
A timeline released Friday also confirms that the Feb. 13 shooting that killed three students and injured five was over by the time MSU alerted students to the threat.
Michigan State Police on Friday released a redacted version of the note suspected campus shooter Anthony McRae wrote a day earlier and carried with him during the crime.
Some committee and audience members cried as the mother of MSU student Troy Forbush testified Wednesday about rushing to her son after he was shot during the Feb. 13 mass shooting. She urged lawmakers to pass gun safety laws.
