Students broke open a window and jumped out, survivor says
Claire Papoulias was attending a class about Cuban history inside Berkey Hall, sitting right in the middle of the third or fourth row among approximately 30 students, when the gunman opened fire from behind her on Monday night, she said.
“I could hear gunshots like directly behind my head. And I could see the smoke, gunpowder or something from the weapon firing,” she told NBC’s TODAY show, adding, “immediately I dropped to the floor with all my classmates.”
“I felt super spaced out and my heart dropped and my chest just tightened,” she said. “I thought that I was gonna die,” she said.
Students screamed for help while some scrambled to break open a window, allowing classmates to escape.
“I remember I just ran for my life,” she said.
‘We have no idea what the motive was,’ police say
Questions still remain as to what motivated and precipitated the shooting at Michigan State University on Monday night.
“We have absolutely no idea what the motive was at this point,” Chris Rozman of the Michigan State University Police said at Tuesday morning’s briefing.
Police say the suspect had no ties to the school.
“We can confirm that the 43-year-old suspect had no affiliation to the university. He was not a student, faculty, or staff, current or previous,” Rozman said.
“That’s an unknown right now. That’s what we’re trying to understand, why this incident occurred. We don’t have an answer right now and that’s the honest truth,” he added.
MSU shooting suspect identified as Anthony Mcrae, 43
Police identified the suspect in the MSU shooting as 43-year-old Anthony Mcrae on Tuesday morning.
The first call regarding the shooting came in before 8:30 p.m. Monday and culminated with the suspect located at 11:35 p.m. in Lansing. Mcrae died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Chris Rozman with Michigan State University Police said.
“The suspect was located by units that were assisting in looking for that suspect after the…
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