(UPDATED 12:05 AM EDT, 2/14/23: According to multiple sources, the suspected shooter shot himself in the head as police approached. CPR was being performed but the shooter had no pulse. Sources added that a handgun was recovered.)
BREAKING: Suspected @michiganstateu Shooter Approached By Police. Shot Himself In The Head. Handgun Recovered. CPR IN PROGRESS.
NO PULSE. pic.twitter.com/oiwIoGkKe1— John Basham 🇺🇲 (@JohnBasham) February 14, 2023
ORIGINAL STORY:
A shooting at Michigan State University gripped the news cycle on Monday evening. Reports of two separate shootings on campus broke (one at a residence hall and another in a gym), apparently carried out by the same person. Currently, at least one person is dead while five have been hospitalized.
Hours after the shootings, police held a press conference and officially released a description of the suspect. Shortly after that, the MSU Police Department released pictures as well.
MANHUNT FOR MICHIGAN STATE SHOOTER:
– Shorter black male
– Possibly wearing mask
– Red shoes
– Jean jacket
– Ball cap– 1 dead, 5 hospitalized; some critical https://t.co/kWJwb6iuZR
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— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 14, 2023
SUSPECT PHOTOS: The suspect is a Black male, shorter in stature, red shoes, jean jacket, wearing a baseball cap that is navy with a lighter brim. pic.twitter.com/9blppnX5U3
— MSU Police and Public Safety (@msupolice) February 14, 2023
Unfortunately, some used the immediate aftermath of the tragedy as a way to spread false information in an attempt to paint the shooter as some kind of right-wing white supremacist. I won’t link those posts, which went viral within an hour of the first shots fired, so as to not further defame the guy who is being targeted by them. Pictures of three men walking down the street were also being spread to suggest there were three shooters. That was also false.
The shooter, who is described as a short, black male with red tennis shoes, is still at large and is assumed to be armed and dangerous. RedState will provide further information as it comes in.
UPDATE:
The death toll has now risen to three.
BREAKING UPDATE: 3 dead, 5 hospitalized after shooting at Michigan State University; gunman at large – https://t.co/kWJwb6iuZR pic.twitter.com/j0pT43fNYh
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 14, 2023
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