>> so i don't know anyone that resides in berkey hall. i do actually take a class in berkey hall. i can say it's a large building with a lot of classrooms in it and we were list inning to a police scanner and i heard them reference the basement but there's a large basement of berkey hall like a warehouse. i know the shooting started in berkey and went to a cafeteria afterwards because i had friends in that cafeteria that watched people get shot. so can i say that happened but berkey hall itself it's like a communications science building with classes. it's a big hall but i don't know anybody thank god that was in there. >> i don't want you to identify any of the people that were in the cafeteria but can you at least relay for us can they tell you what they were seeing? can they tell you what the scene was and if it was filled, mediumly filled? what was the actual setup inside the union? >> it's a super busy time. it was at dinner time so of course that's one of the most popular times to eat on campus but from my friend's points of view he said he watched a kid get shot in the head

berkey hall just to my right.ost of the classrooms and residential areas are in a central location here on campus. this campus is also -- this is not just a university that's in a community. east lansing and michigan state university really are one in the same in many ways. that's part of the reason i think that this campus, this university is going to come together to really help these students -- help everyone get through this. you know, this is just absolutely devastating. i've seen students this morning. i've talked to faculty members who are reaching out to their students to make sure they're all okay. now just begins a process of trying to heal and trying to understand why this happened here on campus. >> shawn turner, be safe. thank you to you and to adrienne broaddus. we appreciate it. we'll see you soon. >>> next hour, we're going to be joined by the mayor of east lansing, michigan, mayor ron bacon coming up. >>> we also have breaking news this morning. former south carolina governor nikki haley is now of

police say shots were fired on campus near berkey hall.hall is with the department of sociology is located. the shooter is on foot and has not been arrested. we are still working to get information on any potential victims and will continue to follow this breaking news and bring you more information as it becomes available. and our other top story at 06:30pm, tonight as california grapples with the housing crisis, a new-build is seeking to fast-track construction permits across the state are capitol correspondent eytan wallace explains how the legislation would work has reaction from supporters and opponents. >> well, the bill's author says the legislation is necessary to build more housing and build it. now. it's an issue that has long plagued california, not enough affordable housing. but soon to be legislation seeks to address the issue head-on by permanently extending senate bill. 35. authored by state senator scott wiener 5 years ago it passed and became locked. but it was only supposed to be in effect until 2025 today we are called f

two were at berkey hall, one was inside the msu union, that's adjacent to berkey all.stems from reports of shots being fired at a 13 tonight. that's when police arrived on campus, and found students at those two locations. we don't know how many students were inside those two locations at a time of the shooting, police are working to, of course, make sure that the students who have been affected, and the families that have been affected, are making sure that they fail like they're being taken care of. they're offering service to anyone affected by the shooting. the shooting [buzz] you can always spot a first timer. police said the investigation will most likely continue throughout the night. of, course we are going to be that here throughout the night, just waiting for these hourly updates of policeman giving us. for, now i'm reporting live from east lansing, where in holladay, francis. >> oren, i want you to give us a sense of the feeling, there knowing there was so much tension in the past several hours, in this community on campus, with the word of the, shooting wit

three victims were shot at berkey hall, one at the student union hall. five other victims have now been placed in hospitals. conditions are not yet known. but we are told some have life threatening injuries. a senseless act of violence. the police, the chief deputy chief of police said. it's beginning a long healing process as they begin to understand why the shooter entered the building why the shooter felt motivated to kill. and maimed so many people will, of course, be following this story for the next few hours, will monitor the situation throughout the morning and is situationemas throughout the morning. and let's nosing.e is goinw go to tucker came fr carlson tonight. >> already in progress. >> other planet, whatever theye are, they were floating, carried along by wind currents. that means they're lighter than air and therefore, unablemosphe to enter our atmosphere without burning up. they must have comrefrome from n >> in other words, they're what we earthlings call balloon the balloons. >> heard the word before. s weird is that no one in charge i

i would describe it as less than a block to the west of berkey hall. indications at this point, point to the fact that the suspect exited berky hall and walked over to the msu union. when those calls initially started coming in from the union, we were able to quickly redeploy resources to the union and the suspect quickly fled that building. he was not in the building for that long. >> when you say redeployed, how much of a timetable? >> i can't get into the specifics on the timeframe right now, but that will be part of the investigation that we will look as is the time between those two incidents. >> has the suspect had previous interaction with law enforcement? >> that's part of our investigation today is to look at the suspect, his background, his history. those are things that are occurring with our state and federal partners right now who have really taken the lead on helping us with identifying the suspect, especially since that incident did occur off campus. but those are things that we are looking at today and those will be integral to the inves

calls of a shooting inside berkey hall. neuwirth officers responded. we were quickly on scene within minutes. and there we did locate a several victims of a shooting. the incident did. move to a building. in close proximity. the michigan state university union building. where there was another report of the shooting immediately following the first incident. police and emergency responders acted quickly. we tended to the victims at both of those scenes. and that was a overwhelming law enforcement response to campus to help with this situation. i can confirm that there were at least 5 victims. all 5 victims were transported to the hospital. some of those victims do have life-threatening injuries. the suspect in this incident and we believe there to be one suspect. was last seen leaving the msu union on foot. on the north side of that building. we are just receiving surveillance footage of that suspect that we will be releasing shortly. initial information is that the suspect is a black male shorter in statue wearing red shoes. a jean jacket and a ball ca

we can confirm that two of the deceased were in berkey hall, along with several of the victims.he officers were managing that scene at berkey hall, we began receiving initial reports of another shooting at the msu union building just to the west of berkey hall, right on the corner of abbott and grand river. officers redeployed to that location where we did locate one additional victim. we do have three total deceased and five victims at the hospital. we can confirm that all three deceased were msu students. we can also confirm at this time that all five of the injured victims at the hospital were also msu students. we will release the names of those students later today, once we work through some notifications and make sure the family is aware that we are going to release those names. the suspect in this case was located at approximately 11:35 p.m. in the city of lansing. the suspect was located by units that were assisting and looking for that suspect after the shootings. the suspect is deceased due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and we are prepared to release the name of t

we received multiple 9-1-1 calls of a shooting inside berkey hall. numerous officers responded and we were quickly on scene within minutes. there we the low cage several victims of a shooting the incident did move to a building in close proximity. the michigan state university union building. where there is another report of a shooting immediately following the first incident. police and emergency responders acted quickly, we tended to the victims at both of those scenes. there was an overwhelming law enforcement response to campus to help with this situation. i can confirm that there were at least five victims. all five victims were transported to the hospital. some of those victims do have life-threatening injuries. the suspect in this entire, we believe there to be's one suspect was last seen leaving the msu union on foot of the north side of the building. we are receiving surveillance footage of that suspect that we will be releasing shortly. initial information is that the suspect is a blackmail, shorter and statue wearing red shoes, a jean jack

there is still no connection that anybody has established between him, the school, berkey hall, thislar classroom but what played out that night, it just put ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. so you're halfway through the course on monday night. >> yeah, it was like past 8, 8:00 in the evening. >> what happens? >> all of a sudden i was in the middle of introducing some topic and i heard some explosion. i am not familiar with the sound of gunshots. i've never been close to a gunshot other than i see what i hear in a movie or tv with gunshots but this sounded more like an explosion like a generator had blown up or some electrical -- >> it was loud, in other words. >> very, very loud. i did think it was gunshots but there was one, two, three, so it was like three. >> outside the classroom? >> outside the classroom. so by then something started dawning on me, why would there be so many, so one followed after another and then i started thinking that these might be gunshots. and then all of a sudden this masked individual with a hat that you couldn't identify walked into the

we are standing in front of berkey hall, which is one of the shooting locations, and we have seen somedents coming and going retrieving their belongings, so they'll be allowed to do that today as the investigation moves forward. obviously a lot of healing ahead for this community. >> healing for sure. kathy park for us, thank you, i want to bring in if we can, marissa randazo a former research psychologist and executive director of threat management at on tick. thanks so much for joining us. i appreciate it. i mentioned kind of the psychological ramifications after being involved in a mass shooting and dealing with something like that. it is certainly something that we have seen repeatedly. and we're talking about psychological ramifications on two sides of this issue. one is, of course, the shooter, right, and the signs that were there leading up to the shooting. and then of course the victims, the families of those that lost their lives along with people that experienced that shooting firsthand. let's talk first, if we can, about the psychological profile of the shooter. the signs th

at berkey hall. the second shooting was at the michigan state union just a few buildings over from the first location's shooting. victims were found at berkey and one was at the union. there were activities at berkey hall last night. the union is open to the public and doesn't require special access to enter. 8:31 p.m., school sent out a secure in place alert, telling students to evacuate safely, to run, hide or fight. that's a quote, with reports of shots fired on campus. suspect was found hours later, and the campus lockdown was lifted early this morning. this is this 67th mass shooting in the u.s. this year according to the gun volence archives. think of yourself as a student in the michigan state library, doing work, and you get an alert that says, "run, hide or fight." that seems to be where we are right now. >> it really is. and, you know, it used to be after each one of these mass shootings, people would talk about how to stop these mass shootings. people on the far right, the gun lobby, gun ma

for shots fired inside berkey hall on campus. >> have an active shooter at 509 east circle drive at berkey hall in msu's campus. >> reporter: authorities identifying the gunman as 43-year-old anthony dwayne mcrae. they say he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after an intense hours-long manhunt. student dominik molotky was inside the building when mcrae walked in. >> i heard the gunshot. it must have been right outside the door, because my ears were ringing from it. but then, yeah, once -- once i booked it to the far corner, like, got down, that's when he anything. >> reporter: those few seconds, how frightening that is. i mean, your heart must drop. >> yeah, that was the most horrifying thing i've ever been a part of. yeah, it was just terrifying, and also it did not feel real >> reporter: police say two of the victims were shot dead inside that building before the suspect moved to the nearby student union, where authorities say he killed a third student. those three victims, fraser, a sophomore who was president of his fraternity, verner, described as an athlete who exemplified kind

university police say shots were fired on campus near berkey hall berkey hall and the shooter has not been arrested. this is east lansing, michigan, michigan state police were on the scene with rifles instructing people to stay inside and away from windows. we're still working to get more information on any potential victims. and we'll be following this breaking news story throughout the night and give you more information as soon as it becomes available. >> the united states is working to recover multiple unidentified objects, which fighter jets recently shot down over american and canadian air space. officials say the objects pose no security threats, but there are a lot of the questions that have not been answered tonight, washington correspondent jessi tenure has more. these officials confirmed are currently not tracking any additional objects are still trying to get their hands on. the one's on the ground. >> there is no indication of aliens or terrestrial activity with these recent take down. the white house rolled out one possibility monday around the mystery of multiple uniden

while officers were in berkey hall, the suspect moved over to the union.hen the incident took place there, officers quickly redeployed to the union. >> reporter: students and faculty were left sheltering for hours. many students were evacuated, but say they left confused and shaken. >> i was looking for my friends. everyone was running down the stairs, everyone got lost all over the place. people were crying and scared. it's just really bad experience. you don't take it seriously until it's happening to you. >> reporter: this shooting is the 67th mass shooting in the u.s. so far this year. >> our campus grieves. we will all grieve. and we will change over time. we cannot allow this to continue to happen again. >> reporter: eight victims in all, five again as we mentioned are fighting for their lives, listed in critical condition. at least three are deceased. it's unclear whether or not the victims, don, in this shooting were staff, students or if they had any affiliation to msu. don? >> adrienne broaddus, thank you. >> adrienne went to msu. she knows the c

over here. >> where the shooting is limited to union and berkey hall. and the suspect became of the backpack and magazines -- [inaudible] >> the first question was the location of the shootings. we can confirm that the first shooting occurred at berkey hall, and the second subsequent shooting occurred at the msu union, which is adjacent to turkey call. victims were located at both of those locations there were no other, scenes courtrooms are places that any location. there were erroneous reports that there were additional, shooting scenes, and that is not true. the question about what the suspect had in his possession, when he was contacted, i cannot confirm that right now. we did release some pictures of the suspect. i cannot confirm if he was possessing a bag at that time. >> over here. >> do we know what type of gun was used? >> we do not at this point, we do not have that information, that it will be part of this investigation, in terms of what type of weapon was used. we do not have that information at this time, our investigators are hard at work,

last night at berkey hall at the north side of ocampus. two victims were found at berkey hall and one was found at the union. police say there were activities going on at berkey hall last night and that the union is open to the public and does not require any special access to enter. at 8:31 p.m., the school sent out a secure in place alert telling students to evacuate safely or to run, hide, or fight with reports of shots fired on campus. the suspect was found hours later and the campus lock down was lifted earlier this morning. today, of course, is the fifth anniversary of the mas shooting in parkland, florida. very little seems to have changed. we will have a few whose lives were forever changed by that shooting joining us later today on "morning joe." as americans demand answers on the white house's decision to shoot down three unidentified objects -- john kirby announced the formation of a new group meant to examine the gump's policies for dealing with these kinds of events. >> the president through his national security advisor has t

michigan state university campus went into berkey hall, which is an academic building, shot three people there and then. union hall and shot and killed one person and then fled. michigan state university is in east lansing, the shooter, the 43 year old male was actually cornered in lansing, michigan. it's not very far, but it's not east lansing, lansing, michigan and when he was cornered. he apparently shot himself. and that's what we know and that's what we can tell you right now, but we will have more information. we will have more information becomes available. we will return to hannity and as i said, we wilelot more information as it becomes available. >> i'm going green , but it is only six miles out from south carolina. >> we're going probablbe able y be able to piece together thisle whole whole surveillancenow exactl balloon and know exactly what's going on . so that's a huge coup fortes. the united kingdom is going to it's a coup. even acknowledge that they could have been getting intelligence on us. now, keeence on n mind we p in mind, we only knowt about the balloon because it

. >> todd: police say the suspected gunman entered berkey hall before heading to the union student center, deceased victims were found in both buildings. she did not know if her friends were okay while shelter nothing place. so scary hearing them say they are under their bed and barricading their door and crying and they hear screaming. it is really terrible feeling. >> ashley: we'll be speaking with michigan congressman on the senseless shooting. 911 call revealed eyewitness saw a male suspect in all black fleeing from the scene where eunice dwumfour was shot and killed, listen. >> gunshots, i looked out my window and saw a man shooting into the driver's side of a white vehicle three times. he left on foot and ran on foot and the white car drove up and crashed into two cars and the person in the driver side car is probably not alive. >> ashley: the caller account coincides with a second witness who saw a figure fleeing from the back alley near eunice dwumfour's townhome. police are asking for anyone with surveillance cameras to come forward. >> todd: one dead and seven injuries after thi

were managing that scene at berkey hall, we began receiving additional reports of another shooting at the msu union building. >> i'm coming down stairwell 13 with seven people. >> reporter: new video shows students hiding in a classroom. reacting to a knock while on the phone with police. >> they said don't open the door! >> reporter: one witness says his fight or flight response kicked in. >> i booked to the far side of the class and ducked down, and he came in and shot three or four times in our classroom. >> reporter: police released a photo of the suspect taken from campus security cameras, and a caller's tip sent them to lansing, michigan. >> suspect wearing bright shoes and a backpack. >> reporter: the search ended just before midnight. >> clear. shots fires 2349, subject down. >> reporter: police said the gunman shot himself during a confrontation with police and died. >> we have absolutely no idea what the motive was at this point. we can confirm that the 43-year-old suspect had no affiliation to the university. he was not a student, faculty, staff, current or previous. >> rep

berkeley hall is an academic building? >> yes, it's berkeyen you left, besides that, won't you think the building was largely empty? >> it was largely empty, was very quiet, normally when we conclude our program each, weak parents were lined all the way down the street. who i'm just in many respects thankful, the no more people were hurt, who and i was stunned my heart goes out to those that were. >> the shooting began around 8 pm, around 8:18. had been in the building in our earlier with those who are young students? >> i would've just left an hour earlier, a little bit before then. >> so what was your reaction when the shooting began, you have been in that building just an hour-ish before. >> i think it was one of, you chalk and of sadness. and there are so many mixed emotions, and also, -- just the way the university systems were in place to notify people, was very no helpful, there's a horrific circumstance. then under those circumstances, i felt that the university did a wonderful job in that regard. and so that mental lot. so i was, sad

the play say the first shot shot apm north end of campus berkey hall before opening at the union studentter. the victims found inside each building. both buildings easily accessible to the public and did not require special access. a student recording this terrifying video from his dorm as he watched the students running for their lives on campus. another student said his friend so the whole thing unfold. >> i know that he left his phone in the cafeteria because he ran out so fast. purity so multiple people get shot. most of the people i've heard talk to me personally about it told me they were in the union when the shooting happened and that's when they saw it. speak with the children place order has been lifted for the michigan's students and the surrounding community but the classes activities have been suspended 48 hours. the police are still working to uncover a motive in the senseless shooting. all five surviving victims remain in critical condition at a nearby hospital. we will bring you updates as they come throughout the morning, todd, ashley. >> ashley: brooke, we bring in a ho

were managing that scene at berkey hall, we began receiving additional reports of another hooting atuilding. >> i'm coming down stairwell 13 with seven people. >> reporter: new video shows students hiding in a classroom. reacting to a knock while on the phone with police. >> get the [ bleep ] down. they said don't open the door. >> reporter: one witness to the shooting says that his fight or flight response kicked in. >> ducked down and he came in and shot three to four times in our classroom. >> reporter: police released a photo of the suspect taken from campus security cameras. and a caller's tips sent themto lansing, michigan. and the search ended just before midnight. >> suspect down. >> reporter: police said the gunman shot himself during a confrontation with police and died. >> we have absolutely no idea what the motive was at this point. we can confirm that the 43-year-old suspect had no affiliation to the university. he was not a student, faculty, staff, current or previous. >> reporter: according to police, they are now investigating a two page note found in the gunman's bac

have been talking to the students, faculty an staff who are in the class of the shooter in the berkey hall and those in the union monday night. we are listening and supporting at all levels. the core leadership team is meeting daily and we will continue to do so to prioritize the needs of campus. we want to be supportive and not only of the campus, but we understand that the community is involved, and we want to give people the confidence to reengage and stay engaged as we come together. our alumni network and over 500,000 spartans' strong are contacting us and wanting to get involved, and they are generously donating time and items to be helpful to the community including 15,000 candles last night as well as flowers associated with the vigil. for those who want to give in a way to support msu at this time, we have set up a fund called spartan strong fund, and you can find that on the msu website. chief lynch has also told me of the many people who have dropped off food and other items to the msu pv and as i understand we are out of kitchen space at this time, and we thank you for that out

were managing that scene at berkey hall, we began receiving additional reports of another shooting at the msu union building. >> i'm coming down the stairwell 13 with seven people. >> reporter: new video shows students hiding in a classroom, reacting to a knock while on the phone with police. one witness says his fight or flight response kicked in. >> ducked down and he came in and shot three to four times in our classroom. >> reporter: police released a photo of the suspect, taken from campus security cameras. and caller's tips sent them to lansing, michigan. >> suspect wearing red shoes and a backpack. >> reporter: the search ended just before midnight. >> subject down. >> reporter: police say the gunman shot himself during a confrontation with police and tied. >> we have absolutely no idea what the motive was at this point. we can confirm that the 43-year-old suspect had no off fill affiliation to the university. he was not a student, faculty, staff, current or previous. >> reporter: according to police they are now investigating a two page note found in the gunman's backpack sayin

police say that's when they got a call from berkey hall, an academic building, one of two locations where the shootings took place. it culminated with a confrontation with mcrae about three and a half hours later. also speaking at a news conference that happened this morning, medical leaders who treated the wounded, exhausted from working since the violence started. the exhaustion clear as they delivered an update on how first responders rose to the occasion. >> didn't get a lot of sleep last night. sorry. several people just came in. we received a lot of texts that were, i'm on my way, just people showing up, where do you need me. >> very, very hard. understandably. and today all activities are being canceled at msu for the next two days. >> within the next few hours snat county leaders will consider how to help the farmworkers there displaced by last month's mass shooting in half moon bay. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live in redwood city at the county office. talk to us about what's going to happen at that meeting. >> reporter: the san mateo county board of supervisors will

is that they went from that one location at one of the areas, berkey, that building that the gunmen then went to a second building a union hallot and killed one victim, two others were killed at berkey. so, that is three dead. and then, five are in the hospital. some are with life-threatening injuries. and then, after the incident, police, a short time after that released a photo of who they believed was a con man. and then, sometime after that is when they encountered him, the police officers encountered him and the gunman shot himself according to police so now the whole thing is underway to try and identify him, to try and figure out exactly who he is, and he has, whether he has any affiliation to the campus. so that's the work that is underway now by authorities as they try and figure out motive, any affiliation, or any other information. police at this point are not and identifying any of the victims. as you can imagine, many family members still trying to be notified. and the other thing that's very important, police are saying that it's safe now that they are on campus, and that the threat is over. so students can go o

i definitely don't want to go to berkey hall because i couldn't go into that classroom after what i sawnistration is going to move my class to a different building. same time, but a different building. i don't know if i'll be nervous every time i teach. i don't know if i will -- i don't know what the university is going to do. they're going to put locks in rooms so that you can lock the room from the inside? i think that's one of the things that might happen. i don't know. that means we're going have to use gate cards to enter into a building and leave. but what does that say about our society? >> i mean, it's incredible to hear just the recitation of sort of the second-by-second account. how is he doing? >> it's hard to tell, to be honest. he feels a lot of guilt right now because he feels like he could have done more and is replaying it in his head. he feels fear, because of clearly what happened. he feels confusion still. it doesn't feel -- still, it didn't feel real at the time. it doesn't feel real right now. and he is starting to feel real anger as well. this is somebody who -- he

were managing that scene at berkey hall, we began receiving additional reports of another shooting atsu union building. >> i'm coming down with seven people. >> reporter: one witness to the shooting says his fight or flight response kicked in. >> i booked it to the far side of the classroom, ducked down and he came in and shot three to four times in our classroom. >> reporter: police released the photo of a shooter taken from campus security cameras, and a caller's tip sent them to lancing, michigan. the search ended just before midnight. police say mccray shot himself during a confrontation with police and died. >> we have absolutely no idea what the motive was at this point. we can confirm that the 43-year-old suspect has no affiliation to the university. he was not a student, faculty, staff current or previous. >> reporter: they're now investigating a two-page note found in mccray's backpack saying he's going to, quote, finish off lancing and there are, quote, 20 of him who will carry out shootings according to a source familiar with the investigation. law enforcement now investiga

an academic building, the third fatality happened inside of the msu union, adjacent to berkey hall.here are five other people who are in critical condition this morning. michigan state's campus is going to be closed over the next two days. no classes, no sports, no activities that are going to be happening. msu is offering counseling services to students, families and faculty. they want to make sure that everybody goes into this healing process and has the resources available to them. we'll keep you updated. reporting in east lansing. >> thank you very much, maureen. the "today" show will continue coverage of this tragic shooting live at 7:00 a.m. with the very latest from the scene that's right after "today in the bay." >>> new details this morning, an sfo-bound flight across the pacific, where the plane took a frightening nosedive. we can show you some animation that shortly after takeoff from the maui airport the 777 plane did a steep plunge, then recovered to complete the flight to the bay area. new data indicates the plane plummeted from 2,200 feet to about 800 feet at the rate

two of the fatalities were at berkey hall, and one was at the msu union.'t have the specific locations, where they were. we also don't have specific information and how many students or people were in those buildings when the shooting occurred. i do know that there were students in those buildings. i don't have a specific number. i want to commend the students and our community on how they reacted when we sent out our emergency messaging, instructing people to shelter in place, to run, hide, and our community listened. that's why a lot of focus on those buildings were able to escape, and that's because of following our instructions. over here in the back? >> you talked a lot about the collaboration in this massive response. what led to this cooperation? >> i actually don't have that information right now. the update that we provided about the contact that we had with a suspect off campus was very fluid and dynamic, and it occurred right before, before coming here today. so, unfortunately, i don't have that information on what led us to his location. he was

the student union while another student, grosse graduate, oriole, anderson, shot and killed at berkey hallstudents just like all of our students where these exceptional kids, this is a time where as a parent as an educator. that i don't even have the words 20 year old alexandria verner was an athlete, an academic, and, by all accounts, an amazing young woman 2020 class in high school graduate was studying forensics and michigan state and was in class at berkey hall monday night when a gunman opened fire walked so softly by day and in our hallways and just modeled great leadership and doing what's right and being a great kid daughter friend. and then when you put it on the basketball court or softball field you know you didn't want to play against her. she was gonna she was gonna beat you in. school superintendent billy shellenberger says it's an immense loss for her parents, brother and sister and for the tight knit community of clause in the impact is immense. it's heavy. and, um, we're all feeling it today. how is it possible that this happened in the first place? an act of senseless vio

tonight one michigan state university assistant professor sharing his harrowing account from inside berkey hall. >> even while you're hearing the shots, you think this is not, this is not real. >> reporter: marco diaz munoz says anthony mcrae started shooting at his students, essentially boxed in by rows of theater-like seating he remembers one student's anguish. >> he was saying "i don't want to die, i don't want to die, i cannot breathe". >> reporter: diaz munoz says 19-year-old arielle anderson and 20-year-ol alexandria verner were also in that class, killed as mcrae fire repeatedly killing seven students in that room alone >> i'm haunted because i didn't know what to do i didn't know whether to lift their bodies there was so much blood. >> reporter: why are you willing to be reliving this right now? >> because i think the public needs to know the horror i saw >> reporter: that call for change as tonight police say msu may not have been the only target police confirming the suspect had a note threatening other locations, including a church and a warehouse where he once worked police also rev

were managing that scene at berkey hall, we began receiving additional reports of another shooting at the msu union building. >> i'm coming down stairwell 13 about seven people. >> reporter: new video show students hiding in a classroom. reacting to a knock while on the phone with police. >> they said don't open the door. >> reporter: one witness says his fight or flight response kicked in. >> i looked to the far side of the class and ducked down and he came in and shot three or four times in our classroom. >> reporter: police released a photo of the suspect. taken from campus security cameras and a caller's tip sent them to lansing, michigan. >> it's going to be a suspect wearing red shoes an a backpack. >> reporter: the search ended just before midnight. >> 2349. subject down. >> reporter: police said the gunman shot himself with a confrontation withly and died. >> we have no idea what the whoa tiff is. we can confirm that the 43-year-old suspect had no affiliation to the university. he was not a student, faculty, staff, current or previous. >> reporter: according to police, they ar

>> reporter: classes set to resume and mon however told berkey hall where the professor described thethe semester. positive news, ellison. the five students still hospitalized, told one of those upgraded to stable condition. the other four at last word are in critical condition still. ellison, they begin to recover. back to you. >> jesse kirsch, thank you so much. >>> video that captures an attack on a woman in florida going viral. surveillance footage shows her furiously fighting off an attacker. the woman's quick thinking and what you can do if in a similar situation. >> reporter: surveillance video captured the incredible woman a tampa woman fought off an attacker at her apartment complex's gym. >> if i keep going, pushing, keep fighting he's going to stop. let go and he finally did. >> reporter: this 24-year-old, nashali alma, a personal trainer, told sheriff's deputies she was exercising alone around 10:00 p.m. january 22 and saw a man previously seen in the the gym trying to get n. whenever at the door i bused him in. came inside. my thought process was, like you said, just anot

police say the gunman seen in these photos walked into berkey hall and started shooting. >> they say he then walked about 5 minutes to the student union and started shooting again. anneliese to poor says she and her friends were getting ready to go there. everyone who is in the union, we see them running out. >> they heard gunshots. there was people shot. and we went into lockdown right then and there students across campus scrambling to find somewhere to hide. >> as news of the shooting started to spread. >> like walker martin, who was reffing a basketball game, could pay >> i everything down. turn off the >> they moved to the racquetball courts. police summing up the feeling for many at a late night news conference. this truly has been a nightmare that we're living tonight. students locked in their dorms. joining news nation's ashley banfield live as the search for the shooter was ongoing. twin brothers on different parts of campus reuniting. >> on air declan, you want to talk to brother? i think we're doing all we're getting pretty low on rations out of >> year, we're here for eac

the first shots rang out at 8.18, at berkey hall. >> that's where to msu. students were shot and killed and several others were injured. police say the shooter, 43 year-old a gray, then walked over to the student union. we're 3rd victim was shot and pronounced dead. it would be after 10:00pm one police would release a picture taken from campus security cameras. the grey is seen wearing a jacket, cap and red shoes. a photo leading to a tip from a citizen. the pointed police to mcrae once confronted by authorities. the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and at least one gun was recovered. a neighbor telling newsnation he knew immediately when he saw the suspect's photo that it was gray want to only go by ray. he tells our crews he another neighbors were upset that they would hear gunfire coming from the mcrae family yard, at least once a week makes me feel sick that someone like this is that close to you in the neighborhood? >> it really puts chills down your back to know when someone like that can live in your neighborhood and don't even know.

police say the first dispatch calls came in around 8:18 p.m., after a gunman opened fire inside berkey hall >> all i know so far is there's a shooter in the hallway. >> reporter: inside, officers found two msu students dead and several wounded. they say the gunman then went to the nearby student union, where he killed another student. >> i am filled with rage that we have to have another press conference to talk about our children being killed in their schools. >> did you ever think this could be the last time i'm speaking to my family? >> it crossed my mind, yeah. >> reporter: freshman ryan callahan hid in the library with his girlfriend. >> this happens so much and all over the place. like it could happen at any time and anywhere, and i kind of just have to live knowing that. >> reporter: authorities identified the shooter as 43-year-old anthony mcrae. they say he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and that he had no known affiliation with the school. >> wants to know what the motive is. we don't have an answer right now. >> reporter: this shooting comes nearly five years to the day s

. >> complaint at berkey hall. >> reporter: students and staff still reeling from the trauma of thatight have signed an online petition asking for temporary remote learning. >> i just don't know how you could be on campus and, like, be okay with going to class. >> reporter: the first victims were laid to rest this weekend. family and friends gathered in the detroit suburb grosse point farms to pay tribute to sophomore brian fraser. >> he was kind. he was a light. >> reporter: 20 miles away another funeral, for fellow sophomore alex verner. services for the third victim, arielle anderson, are set for this week. athletic events have already resumed. rivals michigan state and university of michigan came together for a moment of silence before saturday's match-up. >> there's some things that aren't rivalries. there's some things that are bigger than the game. >> reporter: a display of solidarity through the shadow of tragedy. astrid martinez, cbs news, new york. >>> we learn today that comedian and actor richard belzer has died. >> you had one hell of a run, sergeant munch. >> did i? i d

after a gunman opened fire inside berkey hall monday. >> all we have so far is that there's a shooter> reporter: inside, officers found two msu students dead and several wounded. they say the gunman then went to the nearby student union where he killed another student. >> i am filled with rage that we have to have another press conference to talk about our children being killed in their schools. >> reporter: did you ever think this could be the last time i'm speaking to my family? >> it crossed my mind, yeah. >> reporter: freshman ryan callahan hid in the library with his girlfriend. >> this happens so much and all over the place, like, it could happen at any time and anywhere, and i kind of just have to live knowing that. >> reporter: authorities identify the shooter as 43-year-old anthony mcrae. they say he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and that he had no known affiliation with the school. >> i know everybody wants to know what the motive is. we don't have an answer right now. >> reporter: this shooting comes nearly five years to the day since 17 students and staff were kil

and berkey all, and also union hall it is next to, it gives a sense that area, where their cases going out time in 8 pm, or little after eight when this happened, where their students milling about, in union where i believe there's a rec center possibly cafeteria as well. >> yeah, of course, i mean it's a college campus, so everybody is walking about, we sure there was classes going on at the time and ricky hall, it's a place where historians go eat, to study, to hang out with her friends, it's popular common space for students on campus. it's not strange that there are probably large bouts, they're so of course as this night goes, on and we learn more about it, hoping to find out how many people were inside those buildings at the time of the shooting, i like you mentioned, earlier police aren't mentioning anything about the victims, and that's out of respect for the families that are affected. so we're hoping to learn more about the conditions of the five people that were hurt, so far we know that there is a range of injuries. some are life-threatening, so we are gonna be definitely k

the msu neon and berkey hall have all been cleared and secured. so, that second part is good news.ll these dorms and student common areas have been cleared and secure. very good news. the victims currently being transferred to spare hospital. it's not good news. to have any number on how many victims there are? >> we don't have a number on the exact number victims. we know that as you see on our screen there at least one person has been reported dead. that is according to the detroit news that we spoke to the spokesperson from the school. they fatality according to the detroit news occurred in berkeley holidays. one of the areas that you just mentioned. it was cleared. so, about seven buildings here according to the latest tweet from the police. so, it sounds like the police are making some progress. they don't know how many buildings are there. but as you can imagine, given the size of this school. this is about, what an hour and a half nearly two hours since this happened? so, places certainly making some progress going through the school, going through the different areas in the

just after 8:00 p.m. 911 calls started coming in that a gunman started shooting in a classroom at berkey hallof the student union who was working across the street when the shooting started. >> most of those academic building like at berkey union, you don't need any i.d. to get in. as for the resident hall, you do need student i.d.s to get in. but the academic building it's open to a certain time. >> police have named the gunman as 43-year-old anthony mcrae. he was killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. after they sent out this photo. police say he has no current or former affiliation with the university. and they have found no but they did find a note with him. we're joined now by cnn's chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller and cnn national security analyst julia kayyem. john, let's start with you, you got ahold of dispatch sound. tell us what we're hearing from this? >> so, after the shooting, the hunt going on for the suspect, the picture goes out and people start calling in. and units start to respond to these calls. a lot of them don't pan out, it's a jguy in a je

. >> the gunman first opened fired at berkey hall, an academic building which was still open at the time. two people were killed at that location. we don't know the specifics as far as which people were injured at which location. then the gunman moved a short distance northwest to where i am now, the student union. as they are on most campuses, it was open at that time. one more person was killed at that location. the identities of the victims are still being withheld pending notification of next of kin. students here at the university are in a state of shock knowing now indeed it can happen here. >> from lansing 7, 8, 9 cop cars going all over the place and as we got the msu alerts active shooter, run, hide, fight we turned on the news and everything and heard more and more cop cars and an armored vehicle on the road. >> security images have shown anthony mcrae with a gun. a gun has been recovered and some reporting about additional ammunition possible other weapons with him. that is not confirmed through official sources. residence connected to mcrae has been searched. law enforcement

the classroom at msu's berkey hall, professor dÍaz-muÑoz has taught the same course in the same classroomis his favorite. the retailer room around 50 feet long with a room for around 80 students has two doors, front and back, and windows along one side. it has several rows of fixed seats and desks. dÍaz-muÑoz was in the front when the gunman partially entered through the back door, said nothing, and began firing. some students head. some froze. some were able to escape through the windows. even that was not easy. >> i told the students, just escape through the windows. kick the windows open and escape through the windows. the first line of windows closer to the rows of seats could not be kicked. they could not be broken. they're made out of hard glass, probably for insulation. they attempted. they cannot open those. the second set of windows higher up, they were open. there was a big enough opening. they started escaping that way. >> they couldn't get out through the bottom part of the windows? >> they were climbing. >> you're on the ground? >> i was holding the door, telling them to esca

upon his arrival on campus, where he entered berkey hall, which is an academic facility there. ple, who are now dead, and then proceeded to the msu union building, which is a chase and i berkey all, and shot one person there with a total of three people now dead. we also know that now there is no longer at threat, according to msu police, there is no longer a threat on campus, and no need to shelter in place. certainly, terrifying moments throughout the evening, as word of the shooting spread throughout campus, and law enforcement immediately spread out among the facilities, or to make sure everybody was safe, and it is okay, as they continue to search for the suspect, which we now know has been found dead. i want to turn to maureen holiday, who's a reporter with our nbc affiliate, wilx in michigan, she was at the press conference. all right maria, and for those joining us this hour, tell us what you've, heard and what we know in this hour. >> yeah, francis, what we're working on right now, police are trying to figure out the suspects affiliation with the university, like he sai