To heroic staff and students of Michigan
State University who risked their lives to
ensure the safety of those around them.
We see you and we thank you was also
less than 5 miles away from
Michigan State University.
At the state Capitol today,
the House Speaker introduced a
resolution of tribute to express
condolences for the shooting on campus.
Good afternoon.
I'm Kirk Montgomery.
I'm Juliette dragas.
As we continue to remember these
three students who were killed in
the shooting earlier this week.
We learned today that Michigan State
will not be identifying the students
who were injured in the shooting.
They all remain in critical condition.
Classes at Michigan State have been
cancelled until at least Monday afternoon.
Our team coverage from East
Lansing continues today.
We begin with 13 on your sides,
Micah Cho, who's live at a Spartan walk,
which is just about to get underway. Micah.
Guys, hundreds of people are gathered
in front of the Spartan statue on
Michigan State University's campus.
And I kind of want to show you guys
the amount of people that are here.
And when I say hundreds,
I mean hundreds. And we are.
We're kind of a little bit farther
back from where the statue is
because it is dead silent over there.
A lot of tears,
a lot of a lot of people expressing
their condolences and hugs and crying.
It's a very emotional time here
in front of the statue and.
Flowers in front of the statue even are
growing in numbers and they continue to grow,
and I do want to read a message near
those flowers in front of that statue,
part of it reads.
We are stronger than this act of hatred.
We are family,
be there for each other,
rest in peace to those innocent souls.
And now all these people tonight will
soon be walking to the rock on campus
where there's going to be a vigil tonight.
Some of some that are expected to
be there are MSU trustees and even
the Michigan State University.
Interim president and again that
vigil will start at 6:00 o'clock
PM tonight at the Rock.
So we're going to be out here all
night kind of recording some of
those stories that are they're
going to be said tonight at the rock
for now reporting in East Lansing,
Micho, 13 on your side.
As the shots were fired on
Monday night on MSU's campus,
students and staff immediately ran,
leaving everything behind.
Today, they were allowed back
in to get their belongings,
along with FBI agents and
mental health professionals.
13 on your sides Keely Lovern spent the
day in East Lansing speaking with MSU,
law enforcement, the FBI and students as
they revisited one of the crime scenes.
For the very first time since the
tragic shooting, here's her report.
Andrew Strominger was working at a
restaurant inside MSU's Union Monday evening.
I heard a series of banks and initially
I thought it was someone goofing around,
like they took a couple of metal
pans and was banging them together.
But I looked in the kitchen and
people were running and that's
when they knew this was serious.
He was in the room directly next
to where the gunman had entered.
I ran right out through the back doors.
I was getting away. I ran across Abbott.
I remember there was like a car
that had to stop because there were
just so many of us running out.
And like, once we crossed Abbott,
like, we all kind of pause for a
second and then we continued running.
Andrew said he and other
students ran to a nearby.
Room and barricaded the doors.
The first thing I did was call my mom.
He was airing
on the side of caution.
Not wanting to come out until the
officials told him to come out.
So we we grabbed him and I
have not wanted to let him go.
So not even 48 hours after
the tragic shooting,
nearly 100 students returned to
the Union to retrieve the things
they had left behind when they ran,
getting the items back to the students.
So in preparation for that,
we essentially cleaned the area
of food that was left behind.
Trash. It was left behind.
We left all the students items exactly
where they were that when they were there.
So when they get here they will be
attached to a victim specialist essentially
walked in and retrieved their items
and provided that that mental health
support that that they might need,
they might ask for.
It was an emotional afternoon
as students and their families
returned to the building.
They will not have to go into
impacted areas of the building,
but there will be arrangements made
for them to feel comfortable what.
Has not lost in this process and will
be part of everything we do is making
sure that the impact of our community,
the wealth, the health and
well-being is considered in
everything that we do moving forward.
Yeah, I don't have the answers.
I'm not sure what's going to stop this.
So we are
live outside of that union building
that you saw just moments ago,
students and their families going inside.
And just to the right behind this
Union building is Burkey Hall,
which is the second location where
shots were fired and students
were killed on Monday evening.
And we are told that tomorrow
the same thing will happen for
Burke Hall where students will be
able to go in and retrieve their
belongings that were left behind
reporting live in East Lansing,
Keely Lovern 13 on your side
and Michigan State Police
and the FBI continued.
To investigate the shooting on campus,
the FBI has now set up an online forum for
people to submit anything they may know.
They're asking people to submit tips,
photos and videos if they have them
now. This information can
be submitted anonymously,
though they're encouraging people to
include their contact information.
We do have a link to the form
right now on 13 on yourside.com.
People in East Lansing are working
to help those at MSU dealing
with what happened Monday night.
Josh Albertas continues our team
coverage live from East Lansing and Josh.
You spoke with business owners
and members of the community.
What are they telling you today?
Yeah, that's right. After trying
to piece together what exactly
happened here Monday night,
members of the community are
now doing what they can to help
surround those who are struggling
with this tragedy with support.
A community in mourning students and the
community of Michigan State University
coming together to support one another
after enduring the unthinkable.
A prayer group gathering outside
Berkeley Hall on Wednesday.
One of two scenes on the East Lansing campus
where a suspect opened fire Monday night,
killing three MSU students
and injuring five more.
Regardless of that, we still want
people to embrace each other and love,
and we think that that's what
everyone needs right now,
regardless of if you know someone for.
Five months or five seconds it comforted.
So that's one of things that we really
just want to hope and bring here today.
Praying for those who lost their lives,
praying for those who are still here
who have to come back to classes.
The university solemn with very few
students on campus following the
cancellation of all activities for
48 hours following the shooting,
many businesses along the
campuses Grid River Ave.
closed out of respect.
While some have since reopened, others,
like Campbell's Market Basket, decided.
Alongside their student employees
to not close at all hoping to be
a safe haven for their customers.
You know, I think it's really important
for us to rely on our support systems and.
After the first couple hours of
being open and and how thankful
people seem to be that we were here,
we just decided to stay open the
whole day and then come back in
today and just keep doing it.
Feeling is one of a community working
through pain and through grief
to support their fellow Spartans
and eventually to heal together.
This is something we all
want to work on together.
We all need to work on together.
It's not just a matter of.
Get right back into it.
Like just back to normal.
Now, the owner of Campbell's that
we spoke to said it's just so
early to to try and help people
move on from this incident yet.
But some of those like the prayer group,
hoping to surround those,
support those who are in pain and
eventually reach that healing.
Reporting live from East Lansing.
Josh Albertis, 13, on your side.
Michigan State Police are
expected to give an update on the
investigation during a media briefing.
This is tomorrow at 10:00 AM.
13 on your side, we'll continue
to follow the latest developments.
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