Jeitschko said students who do not want to return to the university should contact the Office of Student Aid and Accountability.
After the firing incident on Monday night, many students went to their homes in silence on the campus. Others on campus comforted each other and mourned the victims: Alexandria Werner, a junior, of Clausen; Brian Fraser of Grosse Pointe, a sophomore; And Ariel Anderson, also of Grosse Pointe.
MSU paying victims’ funeral, hospital bills
Interim President Teresa K. According to Woodruff, MSU paid for victims’ funerals and hospital bills for injured students through its Spartan Strong Fund, which has raised more than $250,000 in the wake of the shooting.
Funerals for Fraser and Werner were held on Saturday, and Anderson’s funeral will take place later this week.
Woodruff said Sunday that four of the injured students were in serious condition and one was in stable condition. The injured students have not been publicly identified.
The Chinese consulate in Chicago said two Chinese students were among the injured.
Woodruff said the money raised after the shooting has also been used to pay for counseling and campus security enhancements.
For now, more police officers will attend campus, Chris Roseman, interim deputy chief of MSU police, said Sunday. Additional measures to be determined in the future may include updates to doors, access controls to the premises and other physical security changes, Roseman added.
“We want to make sure everything we believe in is properly vetted and considered and focused on long-term comprehensive solutions, not just short-term solutions,” Roseman said.
Roseman previously said that the buildings the shooter entered were unlocked and “open to the public”.
Counselors and therapy dogs from around the state and the country are also available to facilitate long-term treatment for students and faculty members, according to assistant provost and executive director of health and wellness Alexis Travis.
Officials said they hope that the return to campus will also aid in the recovery of the school community.
“We also know that being in community is so important — being able to meet your friends and colleagues to talk about things is so important,” said Wayne Gore, senior vice president of student life and engagement.
“We want to reclaim our community, we want to reclaim our campus,” he said.
Student union president Joe Kovach said that students are “scared, but fully prepared to do whatever they can to make change,” adding that the students are determined to support the treatment of their peers. Have been involved in organizing protests and sharing information on resources.
Woodruff, the chairman, said: “We are a community that stands strong, not as a reaction but as a statement of purpose and principle.”
motive remains unknown
The suspected shooter was identified as 43-year-old Anthony Dwayne McRae, who was not affiliated with MSU and who killed himself because police in the nearby city of Lansing were closing in on him, according to Roseman.
Authorities have said he was found with two legally purchased guns, ammunition and a note threatening violence against businesses, a church and a school district. The guns were not registered, according to a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigation.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has said that a 2019 felony conviction for having a loaded firearm in or on a vehicle made the suspect ineligible to carry a gun, making it unclear whether he carried the firearm used in the shooting. How to get weapons
Authorities have said the motive in the shooting is unknown. Authorities have acknowledged the suspect had a history of mental health issues as part of their investigation.
The FBI and Michigan State University’s Department of Police and Public Safety asked anyone with information to submit it via an online form.
The suspect’s father, Michael McRae, previously told NBC News that his son had become “vicious and mean” and that his mother, Linda McRae, had died of a stroke in September 2020, but said he did not have a history of violence. .
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