House of Representative lawmakers held a moment of silence Monday to recognize the three Michigan State University students killed and the five injured in a shooting at the school Feb. 13.
“Today I rise to pay tribute to Michigan State University as tonight marks two weeks since a horrific shooting took the lives of three innocent students and injured five others,” Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said on the House floor Monday, flanked by other members of that state’s delegation, according to The Hill.
The shooting at the East Lansing school Feb. 13 killed juniors Arielle Anderson and Alexandra Verner as well as sophomore Brian Fraser, and injured four other students at the school’s Berkely Hall around 8:18 p.m. local time, according to a press release from the university’s police department.
The shooter, identified by police as 43-year-old Anthony Dwayne McRae, died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
McRae was found by police with two 9 mm handguns and a note that could reveal a possible motive, campus Deputy Chief Chris Rozman told reporters three days after the shooting, according to The Associated Press.
“It appears based on the content of the note that he felt he was slighted in some way by people or businesses,” Rozman said at a news conference. “Did a mental health issue amplify that or was it a component of that? We’re not sure at this point. We’re working our best to try to determine that as best as possible.”
Slotkin, who is running in 2024 for the Seante seat of retiring Democrat Sen. Debbie Stabenow, said it was the second time in the last 15 months her state’s congressional delegation has had to deal with a mass shooting after four Oxford High School students were killed and another four injured in November 2021.
“Our community is Spartan strong, but grief remains palpable,” The Hill cited Slotkin saying Monday. “Even on my own team — my staff is here, MSU current and alumni. Almost 15 months ago, this same group of Michigan lawmakers with our friends and allies stood up here to mourn the loss of life at Oxford High School."
“It seems beyond belief that I am a member of Congress who has now overseen two school shootings in her district in 15 months,” she continued. “Yet another horrific tragedy that has forever changed the families of the victims, their classmates, professors, the entire community.”
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