DIDN’T KNOW WHY HIS SON TARGETED THE SCHOOL BUT BELIEVED HE MAY HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY TRYING TO
APPLY FOR A JOB. THERE ARE
SHAWN LEY IS ALSO DIGGING INTO
THE SHOOTER FOR US THIS
AFTERNOON AND UNCOVERING SOME
OTHER INFORMATION. THAT’S RIGHT,
SEAN, YOU’RE TALKING TO PEOPLE
WHO LIVE NEARBY. WHAT HAVE YOU
LEARNED SO FAR? AND WE WERE
TRYING TO LEARN AS MUCH AS WE
CAN. BECAUSE KIMBERLY KAREN,
WE’RE PARENTS WERE PEOPLE WE
WANT TO KNOW WHY. THAT’S WHAT
EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW. KAREN.
YOU POINTED OUT THAT MCRAE MOVED
IN WITH HIS FATHER RIGHT HERE
ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN THIS SMALL
LITTLE RED HOUSE AT THE END OF A
VERY QUIET DIRT ROAD, BUT THE
LANSING STATE OF MICHIGAN STATE
CAPITOL IS JUST TWO MILES BEHIND
THAT HOUSE. AND AGAIN, YOU
MENTIONED THAT THE FATHER HAD
MENTIONED THAT AFTER HIS MOM
DIED, HE BECAME MORE ISOLATED
AND ANGRY. WE TALKED TO
NEIGHBORS HERE UP AND DOWN THE
STREET. THEY SAID THEY WOULD SEE
MCCRAY ALL THE TIME THIS PAST
YEAR, BUT HE WOULD NEVER SPEAK
TO THEM AND HE NEVER DROVE. HE
WAS ALWAYS ON FOOT, AND IT’S
BELIEVED HE WALKED FIVE MILES
THAT WAY LAST NIGHT. THAT’S
EXACTLY WHERE CAMPUS IS. THAT’S
INSANE. I MEAN, I CAN’T. I
COULDN’T IMAGINE THAT IT WAS
HAPPENING SO CLOSE TO HOME.
MEGAN BENDER STARTED LISTENING
TO HER SCANNER WHEN THIS FIRST
CALL WENT OUT THAT FIVE MILES
FROM HER HOME WAS AN ACTIVE
SHOOTER ON THE CAMPUS OF
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY UNITS
. I GOT A SHOT BY YOUR COMPLAINT
AT BERKELEY HALL. NINE EASTERN
BENDER CAN LAY OUT A PERFECT
TIMELINE OF EVENTS FOR US AS SHE
LISTENED TO RADIO DISPATCH CALLS
TELLING THE POLICE THE SHOOTER
LEFT VICTIMS IN BERKEY HALL. AND
WAS MOVING INTO THE STUDENT
UNION SHOOTERS AND THE UNION
BUILDING CURRENTLY IN THE UNION
BUILDING ANY LPD UNITS ON THIS
CHANNEL IN THE UNION BUILDING,
AND THEN BENDER WAS AGAIN
SHOCKED WHEN SHE HEARD HER
STREET ON THE POLICE RADIO LIKE
THEY SAY, 128 EAST. HOW AVENUE
AND I’M LIKE TO MY HUSBAND LIKE,
WHERE IS IT LIKE IT’S RIGHT HERE
LIKE WE’RE EAST HOWELL AVENUE,
AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS BACK
THERE. BUT THEN HE WAS LIKE
THAT’S MIKE’S HOUSE. BENDER CAN
SEE THE HOUSE AT THE BOTTOM OF
HER HILL. MIKE IS MIKE CRAIG,
THE FATHER OF SHOOTER, ANTHONY
MCCRAY, WHO WAS LIVING HERE WITH
HIS DAD MCRAE, WALKING THE FIVE
MILES FROM THIS HOME TO CAMPUS,
GOING ON A RAMPAGE AND WAS
WALKING BACK WHEN POLICE FOUND
HIS BODY JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM
THIS HOME DEAD OF A SELF
INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. HE WAS
LITERALLY ON HIS WAY HOME LIKE
COMING FROM MSU TO BE RIGHT
THERE ON HIGH STREET LIKE HE WAS
COMING HOME LIKE HE WAS ABOUT TO
BE BACK OVER HERE. THAT’S WILD.
I MEAN, MINDLESS TO YEAH, I’M
JUST I WAS LIKE, I’M JUST
GRATEFUL THAT HE DIDN’T DECIDE
TO GO CRAZY AROUND HOME. BACK
YOUR LIFE SO MUCH TO WRAP YOUR
HEAD AROUND HERE THAT POLICE
FLOODING THAT AREA. WE KNOW THEY
DID SUCH A GOOD JOB RUNNING
TOWARDS THE DANGER. BUT MCRAE
WALKING OUT OF THE DOOR AND
ALMOST REACHING THE FIVE MILES
BACK HERE TO THE HOME BEFORE HIS
BODY WAS DISCOVERED. ALSO IF
YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A
GUN LEGALLY IN YOUR FIRING A GUN
OUT OF THE BACK OF THIS HOME,
THAT’S WHAT MANY NEIGHBORS ARE
TELLING US. AND THEY’RE TELLING
US POLICE WERE HERE THAT DAY.
HOW ARE YOU NOT UNDER ARREST AND
THE GUN TAKEN AWAY? WE’VE ASKED
LANSING POLICE THAT THEY’RE BUSY
TODAY. OF COURSE, BECAUSE
THEY’RE DEALING WITH THIS AWFUL
SHOOTING. WE’RE ALSO ASKING THE
TOP LEVELS OF LANSING
GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE MAYOR
TO LOOK INTO THIS FOR US,
BECAUSE WE WANT THAT ANSWER IF
HE WAS FIRING OUT LAST SUMMER.
WHAT HAPPENED THERE? WHAT WAS
DONE THE OTHER THING I WANT TO
RELATE TO YOU, KIMBERLY IS THAT
PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD?
THEY KNOW MIKE MCRAE, THE
FATHER. THEY LOVE THAT GUY. THEY
FEEL VERY BADLY FOR HIM RIGHT
NOW. THEY SAY HE IS JUST AN OPEN
LOVING GUY. VERY GOOD NEIGHBOR
HERE TO THEM BACK TO YOU. SOUNDS
LIKE HE TRIED TO HELP TO SEAN.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT
TONIGHT. SEAN MENTIONED THE GUN
WEAPON. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT
MCRAE’S WEAPONS SO FAR? IF HE’S
SHOOTING, WHY ISN’T ANYTHING
GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD?
SERIOUSLY, SO YOU GOT A LOCAL
AGENCY WONDERING WHY. DIDN’T
DEAL WITH THAT RIGHT? AND THEN
WE’RE DIGGING INTO INFORMATION
ON THE WEAPON BECAUSE MSU POLICE
CONFIRMED THEY DID RECOVER THE
WEAPON. BUT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE
MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE FIREARM.
NOW REMEMBER A WHILE AGO, WE
SAID HE WAS FACING A FELONY
FIREARMS CHARGE RIGHT DOWN. BUT
HOW IN THE WORLD ARE YOU ABLE TO
GET THAT GUN? ATTORNEY GENERAL
DANA NESSEL? SHE’S ASKING SOME
TOUGH QUESTIONS. SHE WANTS TO
KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED. SO WE
WILL HAVE HER ON AT SIX, AND
WE’RE GOING TO DIG DEEPER INTO
HOW THIS GUN ISSUE DEVELOPED.
AND HOW DO YOU GET A GUN AND