ROY FOR NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. TONIGHT BEGINS THE HEALING PROCESS EMBODIED EVERYTHING THAT
WAS GREAT ABOUT HUMANITY
COMMUNITIES FROM EAST LANSING TO
METRO DETROIT COMING TOGETHER,
REMEMBERING THE YOUNG LIVES
TAKEN IN WHAT IS BECOMING AN ALL
TOO FAMILIAR TRAGEDY. IT’S A
SMALL COMMUNITY. WE ALL LOVE
EACH OTHER AND SUPPORT EACH
OTHER AND THE BURNERS ARE
HURTING. SO WE’RE ALL JUST
TRYING TO BE THERE FOR THEM.
YOU’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THE
CAMPUS OF MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY, WHERE A MAKESHIFT
MEMORIAL GROWS AT THE ICONIC
SPARTY STATUE OUTSIDE SPARK
STADIUM IN EAST LANSING. THANK
YOU FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT.
I’M KIMBERLY GILL DEVIN SCILLIAN
. WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE
SHOOTING SINCE THE FIRST SHOTS
RANG OUT A LITTLE MORE THAN 24
HOURS AGO, HOWEVER, THERE ARE
STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT
REMAIN UNANSWERED TONIGHT. SO
HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.
JUST IN THE PAST HOUR, MSU
INTERIM PRESIDENT TERESA
WOODRUFF ANNOUNCING CLASSES ARE
CANCELED FOR THE REST OF THE
WEEK. WE’VE ALSO LEARNED THERE’S
A PRAYER VIGIL SCHEDULED
TOMORROW NIGHT AT SIX P.M. AT
THE UNIVERSITY’S ROCK, ALSO NEAR
THE UNIVERSITY, IS WORKING WITH
THE FBI TO REUNITE STUDENTS WITH
THEIR PROPERTY THAT MAY HAVE
BEEN LEFT BEHIND AT BOTH BERKEY
HALL AND THE MSU STUDENT UNION
WERE ALSO STILL WAIT. TO LEARN
THE IDENTITIES AND MORE ON THE
CONDITIONS OF THE FIVE STUDENTS
THAT WE KNOW ARE IN THE HOSPITAL
. HUNDREDS GATHERED TO PRAY FOR
THEM. AND THE THREE STUDENTS
KILLED LAST NIGHT, BRIAN FRAZIER
, ALEXANDRIA VERNER AND ARIEL
ANDERSON LOST THEIR LIVES IN
THAT TRAGIC SHOOTING. COVERING
THE ANGLES. ALL OF THEM ON THIS
STORY TONIGHT, OR SHAWN LEY IS
LIVE ON CAMPUS HEARING FROM
STUDENTS. OSBORNE LIVE IN GROSSE
POINTE FARMS WHERE PROVIGIL WAS
HELD AT THE SAINT PAUL IN THE
LATE CATHOLIC CHURCH. BUT LET’S
START WITH ROD MELONI LIVE IN
CLAWSON, WHERE THAT COMMUNITY
GATHERED AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD
NEAR CLAWSON HIGH SCHOOL AND
NOUR OF ALEX VERNER BROAD GOOD
EVENING, DEVIN SCILLIAN MARK ON
THE SMALL CITY OF CLAWSON. AND
YET IT’S MEMORIAL OF HER LEFT AN
EQUALLY MEMORABLE MARK.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OF THIS CITY
OF ONLY 11,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP
HERE TONIGHT TO PAY THEIR
RESPECTS TO ALEX AND HER FAMILY.
HERE’S TO YOU. NUMBER 24. ALEX
VERNER, WAR NUMBER 24 ON THE
BASKETBALL COURT. SO THEY
COUNTED DOWN A 24 2ND MOMENT OF
SILENCE A MASSIVE CROWD LIT
CANDLES AND STOOD SILENT AND
STUNNED FOR HAVING TO BE HERE
YET STOOD ROCK SOLID AND
RESOLUTE IN PAYING THEIR
RESPECTS TO THE ALL STATE
SOFTBALL PLAYER LEAGUE MVP IN
BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL AND
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY MEMBER
ALEX IS FORMER HIGH SCHOOL
TEAMMATES TO FORBEAR AND DEBORAH
HAD UPON WOULD ONLY SPEAK WITH
LOCAL 4 IF WE SHOWED PICTURES OF
ALEX AND NOT THEM. WHAT IS
CLAWSON? WHAT IS MICHIGAN STATE
MISSING TONIGHT? UM THEY’RE
MISSING GEM LIKE ONE OF A KIND
PERSON, SOMEONE THAT I ALWAYS
LOOKED UP TO. AND I WILL ALWAYS
LOOK UP TO. UM, SHE WAS MY REAL
ROLE MODEL FOR A LONG TIME AND
STILL IS SHE WAS SOMEONE WHO LIT
UP EVERY ROOM. YOU WOULDN’T KNOW
OF HER PRESENCE AS SOON AS YOU
WALKED IN BECAUSE SHE JUST
FILLED THE ROOM WITH POSITIVITY
AND KINDNESS, EVERY SPORT EVERY
CLUB EVERY ACTIVITY THAT SHE DID
SHE LEAD WITH THE MOST POSITIVE
AND GENUINE ASPECTS OF HER
CHARACTER. KELLY HORN COACHED
ALEX AND BASKETBALL WAS THE
EPITOME OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
ATHLETE. SHE WAS THE BEST WE
HAVE. UM SHE IS GOING TO BE
DEARLY MISSED. A PIECE OF OUR
COMMUNITY HAS GONE WITH AL THE
VIGIL ITSELF AN IMPRESSIVE SIGHT
, BUT RESPECT FOR ALEX AND HER
FAMILY PROVED SO GREAT THE PAIN
SO PALPABLE WHEN THE COUNTDOWN
FINISHED. EVERYONE JUST STOOD
THERE. CANDLES FLICKERING IN THE
BREEZE, HUGS ALL AROUND TEARS,
DUBBED AWAY AS IF TO SAY, 24
SECONDS WEREN’T NEARLY ENOUGH.
THE CROWD STAYED IN PLACE FOR 15
MINUTES BEFORE THINNING EVER SO
SLOWLY JUST TELLS YOU WHAT KIND
OF COMMUNITY WE HAVE HERE IN
CLAWSON. WE’RE TIGHTENING IT. WE
CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER. UM AND
EVERYBODY’S HERE JUST TO SUPPORT
THE VERNER FAMILY. DEBORAH HAD A
PAN TOLD US THAT IT WAS
IMPRESSIVE TO HER HOW QUICKLY
THIS COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AND
HOW ONCE THEY GOT INTO THIS
STADIUM, STANDING 10 YARDS APART
ALL THE WAY TO THE 50 YARD LINE.
NO ONE HAD TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO
OR WHERE TO GO. IT ALL JUST
HAPPENED. BACK TO YOU. BUT I
GOTTA TELL YOU, I LOVE THE
CONDITIONS THOSE STUDENTS PUT ON
US FIRST TALKING TO US. THAT’S
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I’VE BEEN
TRYING TO KEEP THESE VICTIMS
FIRST AND FOREMOST, BUT WHEN,
WHEN DID ALEX VERNER GRADUATE
FROM CLAWSON HIGH DE’VEON
IMPRESSIVE. SHE GRADUATED IN
2020. BUT SHE WAS STUDYING GET
THIS INTEGRATED BIOLOGY AND
ANTHROPOLOGY AT MSU. SHE WAS TO
GRADUATE IN 2024 ELITE STUDENT.
ALRIGHT, RON. ALSO TONIGHT,
HUNDREDS GATHERING TO REMEMBER
BRIAN FRAZIER AT ST PAUL ON THE
LAKE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THAT’S
WHERE PAMELA OSBORNE IS TONIGHT
WITH MORE PAMELA. KIMBERLY SAINT
PAUL WAS BRYAN’S CHURCH. HE WENT
TO SCHOOL HERE. HE WORSHIPED
HERE IN TONIGHT, HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE GATHERED TOGETHER TO PRAY
FOR HIM. HIS FAMILY, THE
FAMILIES OF THOSE TWO YOUNG
WOMEN WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A
TYPE OF GRIEF, A TYPE OF PAIN
THAT MOST OF US CAN BARELY BEGIN
TO EVEN IMAGINE. THERE WASN’T A
SINGLE SEAT LEFT OPEN AT ST PAUL
ON THE LAKE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE
PEOPLE WHO CAME TOGETHER BROUGHT
WITH THEM THEIR GRIEF AND
HEARTACHE OVER THE SUDDEN,
TRAGIC LOSS OF SOMEONE, MANY OF
THEM NEW. BRIAN FRAZIER,
SOFTWARE STUDENT AT MSU AND
GROSSE POINTE NATIVE ONE OF
THREE STUDENTS KILLED IN A
CAMPUS SHOOTING MONDAY NIGHTS.
THE FAMILY WISHES THAT BRIAN WAS
HERE. AND THEY JUST WOULD LIKE
HIM TO COME HOME. AND HE’S NOT
GOING TO COME HOME PHYSICALLY,
BUT WE’LL BRING HIM HOME
SPIRITUALLY. BELLO WAS WITH THE
FRASER FAMILY THIS MORNING. IT
WAS UP TO HIM TO HELP. THE
HUNDREDS WHO SOUGHT COMFORT HERE
MAKES SENSE OF SOMETHING THAT
SIMPLY DIDN’T FEAR IN DEEP GRIEF
. THEY ARE IN SHOCK. BUT THEY
ARE MANAGING AND THEY THEY’RE
THEY’RE FAMILY OF FAITH. ONE BY
ONE CLASSMATES, FRIENDS,
ACQUAINTANCES, CANDLES AND THAT
EMPTINESS FATHER BELOW OFFERED.
THIS ONE OF US IS GIVEN A
GUARDIAN ANGEL. TO GUIDE US
ALONG OUR JOURNEY IN LIFE. SO AT
THAT HORRENDOUS MOMENT IN
BRIAN’S LIFE. LAST NIGHT. HE WAS
NOT ALONE. HIS ANGEL. WAS THERE.
TO SUPPORT HIM. TO COMFORT HIM.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO PROTECT
HIS SOUL. IN THE FRASER FAMILY
WAS NOT HERE AT TONIGHT’S PRAYER
SERVICE, BUT HARD TO IMAGINE
THAT THEY DID NOT FEEL THE LOVE
THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT THAT
THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS SENDING
THEIR WAY REPORTING LIVE IN
GROSSE POINTE WOODS. I’M PAMELA
OSBORNE LOCAL 4 STANDING ROOM
ONLY THERE IN THE CHURCH.
PAMELA, WE APPRECIATE YOUR
REPORT THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE,
FAMILY MEMBERS OF ARIEL ANDERSON
ARE ASKING FOR PRIVACY AS THEY
CONTINUE TO GRIEVE OVER HER
DEATH. TODAY SPOKESPERSON ISSUED
A STATEMENT FROM THE FAMILY AND
IT READS IN PART QUOTE. WE LOST
OUR PRECIOUS DAUGHTER,
GRANDDAUGHTER, SISTER, NIECE,
COUSIN AND FRIEND ARIAL ANDERSON
. SHE MEANS THE WORLD TO US AND
AS MUCH AS WE LOVED HER, SHE
LOVED US AND OTHERS EVEN MORE.
SHE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING
HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY ASSISTING
CHILDREN AND SERVING PEOPLE.
WHILE WE APPRECIATE THE
OUTPOURING OF THE LOVE, SUPPORT
AND PRAYERS WE HAVE RECEIVED
THUS FAR WE ARE GRIEVING AND
HOPE THAT YOU RESPECT OUR
FAMILY’S WISHES TO REMAIN
PRIVATE AT THIS TIME. IN QUOTE
ANDERSON WAS A HARPER WOODS
NATIVE. SHE GRADUATED FROM
GROSSE POINTE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
IN 2021. SHE WAS A SOPHOMORE AT
MSU STUDYING TO BE A DOCTOR.
MEMORIALS ARE POPPING UP ALL
ACROSS MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
TONIGHT, REMEMBERING THE TRAGIC
MOMENTS FROM LAST NIGHT’S
SHOOTING. LET’S GET TO OUR
SHAWN LEY. NOW WHO’S LIVE
TONIGHT? GETTING REACTION THERE,
SEAN. REACTION AND DEVIN WAITING
FOR WORD. ANY TYPE OF WORD ABOUT
THE FIVE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL
RIGHT NOW, SO NO WORD ON AN
UPDATED CONDITION AS THEY FIGHT
FOR THEIR LIVES AS DOCTORS FIGHT
FOR THEIR LIVES AS WELL HERE AT
THE STATUTE AND ON CAMPUS HERE
WE HAVE NEWS MEDIA NOW KIND OF
BREAKING DOWN BUT GOING LIVE
HERE AT 11 O’CLOCK NOT JUST FROM
ACROSS THE STATE, BUT FROM
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HERE, SHARING
THE STORIES OF WHAT HAPPENED
HERE. ABOUT 20 LITTLE MORE THAN
24 HOURS AGO. AND IF YOU LOOK AT
THE STATUE HERE, THE GROWING
MEMORIAL OF THE FLOWERS WERE ON
CAMPUS GETTING A SENSE OF HOW
STUDENTS ARE FEELING NOW AND
THEY’RE STARTING TO ASK THE
QUESTION. HOW DO THEY MOVE
FORWARD FROM HERE? FLOWERS ALL
OVER THE MSU CAMPUS AND NOT FOR
VALENTINE’S DAY. BUT FOR ONE OF
THE SADDEST DAYS, MSU MAY EVER
SEE SENIOR KEANNA ALLOCATE A IS
ABOUT TO GRADUATE WITH A DEGREE
IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TRYING TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD
WILL NEVER FORGET HEARING THOSE
GUNSHOTS THAT TOOK LIVES AND
FOREVER CHANGED LIVES SCREAMING.
RUNNING EVERYONE’S RUNNING FOR
HIS LIFE. THE DRILLS THAT
PRACTICE, 40 NOTES. SOMETHING
UNPLEASANT TO BE THERE FOR EACH
OTHER. BRYAN SCHUERMAN TOFF WAS
TEACHING A CLASS WHEN THOSE
SHOTS RANG OUT. THIS COMMUNITY
MOVES FORWARD, BUT HOW TO TAKE
ONE STEP? AT A TIME. ONE GOOD
DEED AT A TIME AND THE FEELINGS
OF STUDENTS AT THIS MOMENT OF
SHOCK. PERSONALLY I AGREE THAT
IT’S AN ATROCIOUS THING. BUT YOU
JUST CAN’T LIVE IN FEAR EVERY
DAY. YOU HAVE TO. YOU HAVE TO
JUST KEEP YOUR HEAD UP AND JUST
TAKE IT DAY BY DAY CON. HIS
FEELINGS ARE TO ADD TO THE
FLOWERS, NOT TO THE FEAR PROCESS
ANYMORE. THE VICTIMS THAT
HAPPENED. THIS WILL NOT DEFINE
US. WE WILL COME BACK STRONGER.
THIS WILL NOT DEFINE US. WE WILL
COME BACK STRONGER, HE SAYS. BUT
THAT’S CERTAINLY WILL TAKE TIME
. YOU STILL GET THE SENSE HERE
OF SHOCK AND THEN GRIEVING.
THOSE LIVES LOST. AND, OF COURSE
, THE PRAYERS AND HOPE THE
HANGING ON FOR THE FIVE STILL IN
THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW, KIMBERLY
DEVIN BACK TO YOU HAVE CERTAINLY
LEARNED THAT SO FAR SEAN. IT’S
REALLY HARD TO FIND SHORTCUTS TO
GETTING THROUGH THIS AND GOING
THROUGH WHAT IT TAKES TO GET
THROUGH IT. ALL RIGHT, SEAN
MOMENTS AGO INTERIM UNIVERSE
INTERIM UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
TERESA WOODRUFF, RELEASING A NEW
VIDEO STATEMENT OFFERING COMFORT
AND SUPPORT TO THE SPARTAN CAN
MUNITY. GRIEF IS A PROFOUNDLY
PERSONAL THING, AND WE KNOW THE
HEALING PROCESS WILL NOT BE
SWIFT. WE MUST TAKE TIME TO
THINK, MOURN AND BE TOGETHER. I
ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO HONOR
THEIR FEELINGS AND FIND COMFORT
AND SOLACE IN THE CLOSE BONDS
THAT KNIT TOGETHER ARE SPARTAN
FAMILY GOES ON TO SAY COUNSELING
SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED TO
STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF. WE
ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE
SHOOTER IN THE CASE, 43 YEAR OLD
ANTHONY MCCRAY POLICE BELIEVE HE
FIRST OPENED FIRE INSIDE BERKEY
HALL, THEN WALKED TO THE MSU
UNION AND SHOT MORE STUDENTS
THERE. WE LEARNED THAT A NOTE
WAS FOUND IN THE POCKET THAT WAS
THREATENED IN HIS POCKET,
THREATENING TO SCHOOLS IN EWING
TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY, IN JUNE OF
2019. HE WAS ARRESTED AND
CHARGED WITH A FELONY FIREARMS
CHARGE AFTER HE WAS CAUGHT
DRIVING A CAR WITH A LOADED GUN
IN IT. HE SERVED A YEAR IN JAIL
COMPLETED A YEAR OF PROBATION,
EVEN THOUGH HE COULD HAVE BEEN
SENTENCED TO A MAXIMUM OF TWO
YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE OFFENSE.
THE MSU CAMPUS SHOOTING COMES
JUST ABOUT 14 MONTHS AFTER THE
MASS SHOOTING AT OXFORD HIGH
SCHOOL THAT LEFT FOUR STUDENTS
DEAD THERE. A GOOD NUMBER OF
OXFORD GRADUATES CHOSE TO ATTEND
MICHIGAN STATE, WHICH MEANS
THEY’RE GOING THROUGH THE SAME
KIND OF TRAUMA TWICE. IT’S
HORRIBLE, EXCEPT FOR THIS TIME.
IT’S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT,
BECAUSE WITH AIDEN I GOT A CALL
THAT SAID, MOM, I’VE BEEN SHOT.
HELP ME. AND WHEN I GOT THE TEXT
MESSAGE FROM MICHIGAN STATE, I
HAD TO GET A HOLD OF CALEB. AND
WE COULDN’T REACH HIM AT FIRST
SELF SCARY. LAST NIGHT’S ATTACK
WAS THE 67TH MASS SHOOTING THIS
YEAR. THAT’S ACCORDING TO DATA
FROM THE NONPROFIT GROUP GUN
VIOLENCE ARCHIVE TODAY,
PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED FOR
LAWMAKERS TO TAKE ACTION TOWARDS
REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE. THREE
LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST AND FIVE
SERIOUSLY INJURED. AND IT’S A
FAMILY’S WORST NIGHTMARE THAT’S
HAPPENING FAR TOO OFTEN THIS
COUNTRY FAR TOO OFTEN. WHILE WE
GATHER MORE INFORMATION, THERE’S
ONE THING WE DO KNOW TO BE TRUE
. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO
STOP GUN VIOLENCE, RIPPING APART
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