“This is a uniquely American problem,” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer remarked about the gun culture.

EAST LANSING (Michigan), Feb 14: Three people were killed in a mass shooting at the Michigan State University late on Monday night. Two people died at the Berkey Hall of the academic block and the third was killed at the student union office. Five others are in critical condition at Sparrow Hospital.

Deputy chief of campus police Chris Rozman said all of those killed and injured were students.

After a few hours of the shooting incident that took place at 8:30 pm local time, the police identified the gunman as 43-year-old Anthony McRae who shot and killed himself at a place about five km away from the campus even as he was being pursued by the police. McRae was not a student or university employee. The police have not been able to establish the motive.

The gunman started shooting at the academic block and later at the crowded student union office. A student told the ABC News that the gunman entered his classroom and opened two to four rounds of fire forcing students to look for cover. Some students broke the window glasses to escape.

After the suspect's photo was released by the police, a citizen from Lansing recognised and identified him. He was on probation for 18 months until May 2021 for possessing a loaded, concealed gun without a permit, said a report.

Michigan university has about 50,000 students, 19,000 of them living on the campus, 145 km northwest of Detroit. There are 400 buildings on the campus extending to over 5,300 acres and that has been a problem in responding to the shooting, police said. The campus will remain closed for two days.

“We have no idea why he came to campus to do this tonight. That is part of our ongoing investigation,” the police said.

In 2023 so far dozens of people have died in 65 mass shootings. There were more than 600 mass shootings in the US last year.

“This is a uniquely American problem,” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer remarked.

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