EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Police identified the 43-year-old man who killed three students and wounded five more at Michigan State University, saying Tuesday that a tip from the public led to a confrontation with officers miles from campus, where the gunman fatally shot himself.
Investigators still were sorting out why Anthony McRae fired inside Berkey Hall and the MSU Union -- a popular place to eat and study -- shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Monday. The shootings led to a campus lockdown and a manhunt that ended roughly three hours later.
"We have absolutely no idea what the motive was,'' said Chris Rozman, deputy chief of campus police, adding that McRae was not a student or a Michigan State employee.