DETROIT FOR NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. WE’RE FOLLOWING T BIG STORIES HERE AT FIVE NEW
INFORMATION ON WHAT WAS FOUND
WITH THE MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY SHOOTER AFTER HIS
DEADLY RAMPAGE THAT REVEALS SOME
NEW CLUES ABOUT HIS MENTAL STATE
AND POSSIBLY A MOTIVE. BUT WE
BEGIN WITH THE 4WARN WEATHER
ALERT. A WINTRY MIX COULD HAVE
AN IMPACT ON THE ROADS. IF YOU
ARE HEADED OUT TONIGHT, THIS IS
A LIVE LOOK AT 6, 96 AND INKSTER
IN OAKLAND COUNTY. AND THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE AT FIVE. I’M
KAREN DREW IN FOR KIMBERLY GILL
DEVIN SCILLIAN. LET’S START
THINGS OFF HERE AT FIVE WITH
METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS AND WHAT
WE NEED TO KNOW KIM WHILE TO
OVERCOME THE DRY AIR THAT WE
HAVE IN PLACE, BUT WE ARE
STARTING TO SEE SOME FREEZING
DRIZZLE, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I
69. THEN IT CHANGES OVER TO SNOW
IN PARTS OF CENTRAL MICHIGAN.
BUT WE’LL ZOOM IN A BIT CLOSER
FOR YOU JUST GETTING A LITTLE
FREEZE. DRIZZLE NOW IN OXFORD,
ROMEO MEMPHIS, ALSO ENRICHMENT
PORT HURON ALSO GETTING SOME OF
THAT ICE RIGHT NOW AS WELL. AND
WE’VE JUST SEEN A LITTLE AREA
DEVELOPED OUTSIDE OF ANN ARBOR.
FREEZING DRIZZLE THERE AND WE’LL
HEAD A LITTLE BIT FARTHER TO THE
WEST AND LANSING SHOULD BE
GETTING A BIT OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE HERE WITHIN THE NEXT 30
MINUTES. WE’RE WATCHING
TEMPERATURES AS THEY HAVE
DROPPED BELOW FREEZING IN MANY
SPOTS. NOW THE GROWN GROUND IS
STILL RELATIVELY WARM BECAUSE
WE’VE HAD SUCH MILD AIR, BUT WE
WILL START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT
OF ICE ACCUMULATING HERE. OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. I’LL
HAVE MORE IN THE FORECAST COMING
UP. IF YOU WANT TO KEEP UP TO
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FIVE. NEW DETAILS REVEALED ON
THE MOMENTS BEFORE AND AFTER THE
SHOOTING AT MICHIGAN STATE, AS
THE EAST LANSING CAMPUS BEGINS
NOW TO REOPEN. POLICE SAY THE
MAN WHO KILLED THREE STUDENTS
AND SHOT FIVE OTHERS WAS FOUND
WITH TWO HANDGUNS, DOZENS OF
ROUNDS OF AMMO AND A NOTE THAT
MAY CONTAIN CLUES ABOUT A MOTIVE
. HE HAD NO KNOWN CONNECTION TO
MICHIGAN STATE OR HIS VICTIMS,
SO IT’S STILL UNCLEAR WHY HE
TARGETED BERKEY HALL AND THE MSU
UNION ON CAMPUS. STUDENTS WERE
VISIBLY EMOTIONAL AS THEY WERE
ALLOWED TO RETURN TO BERKEY HALL
TODAY, THE FBI AND VICTIM
SUPPORT STAFF WERE THERE TO
GREET THEM AS THEY CAME TO PICK
UP BELONGINGS LEFT BEHIND WHEN
THE SHOOTER OPENED FIRE. WE SAW
THE EXACT PLACE THAT WE’RE
SITTING DOWN. AND LIKE IT KIND
OF JUST TAKES YOU THROUGH. THAT
WHOLE MOMENT AGAIN. AND IT MAKES
YOU THINK LIKE HOW GRATEFUL I AM
. THAT GUY MADE IT OUT ALIVE.
SHAWN LEY IS LIVE AT BERKEY HALL
THIS AFTERNOON, AND SEAN, YOU DO
HAVE SOME NEW INFORMATION ON THE
INVESTIGATION. KAREN DEVIN,
ANOTHER EYE OPENING DAY HERE ON
THE CAMPUS OF MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY. SO MUCH NEW
INFORMATION COMING FORWARD.
LET’S START WITH THIS. YESTERDAY
AT FIVE. WE DID TALK ABOUT THE
TWO HANDGUNS FOUND WITH THE
SHOOTER. NOW WE LEARNED THAT
THERE WAS A NOTE WITH THE
SHOOTER AS WELL, HANDWRITTEN
THING HE WAS GOING TO TARGET MSU
AND THEN A LIST OF OTHER
POTENTIAL TARGETS. TAKE A LOOK.
DO YOU HAVE A CONCEALED CARRY
PERMIT. I’M WORKING ON LANSING
POLICE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE
SHOWING THE 2019 ARREST OF
ANTHONY MCCRAY ON A CHARGE OF
CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON OF
FELONY THAT THE PROSECUTOR
AGREED TO PLEAD DOWN TO A
MISDEMEANOR. THAT DECISION
ALLOWING MCRAE TO LEGALLY
PURCHASED TWO HANDGUNS WEAPONS
THAT WE HAVE FOUND. MCRAE DID
NOT REGISTER WITH MSU’S CAMPUS,
REELING AFTER EIGHT STUDENTS
WERE SHOT MONDAY NIGHT. MSP WAS
DIRECTED TO A MAN WALKING THREE
MILES OFF OF CAMPUS. IT WAS
MCRAE. HE SAID NOTHING TO POLICE
AS HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. HE HAD
TWO HANDGUNS ON HIM AT THAT TIME
. THOSE HANDGUNS ARE BOTH NINE
MILLIMETER. HE ALSO HAD
ADDITIONAL MAGAZINES AND
AMMUNITION ON HIS PERSON TO
WEAPONS WEAPONS, MCRAE WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUY IF
CONVICTED OF A FELONY GUN CHARGE
FROM THIS ARREST BACK IN 2019.
IN THAT CASE, THE MOTION WAS
MADE BY THE DEFENSE AND THEN
BEFORE THAT MOTION WAS PUSHED
THROUGH A DECISION THAT THE
PROSECUTOR, THEN PROSECUTOR OF
ENGLAND COUNTY. CHOOSE TO DROP
THAT CHARGE AND NEGOTIATE DOWN
TO A LESSER CRIME, WHICH GAVE
HIM NO JAIL TIME. NO FELONY
CHARGE FOR HIM AND HIM FROM
BUYING ADDITIONAL WEAPONS IN THE
FUTURE. WE WOULD ALL HOPE THAT
THE PROSECUTOR WOULD WOULD
UPHOLD THE LAWS IT’S WRITTEN.
THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR SOME
TYPE OF DISCREPANCY OR
DISCRETION. HOWEVER THAT ONE
WILL BE UNDER SCRUTINIZED FOR A
LONG TIME. I’M SURE POLICE ALSO
FOUND A NOTE IN MCRAE’S WALLET,
HE WROTE THAT HE WOULD SHOOT UP
MSU THEN NAMED OTHER TARGETS HE
HAD IN HIS SIGHTS. A CHURCH
ADMIRE WAREHOUSE WHERE HE ONCE
WORKED A FAST FOOD PLACE, A
DISCOUNT STORE AND SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN NEW JERSEY, WHERE
MCCRAY IS FROM THROUGH OUR
INVESTIGATION, WE FOUND THAT HE
HAD HAD CONTACT WITH SOME OF
THOSE PLACES. UM HE WAS AN
EMPLOYEE OF THE MIRE WAREHOUSE
AT ONE TIME. UH IN A COUPLE OF
OTHER BUSINESSES THAT APPEARS
THAT HE’D HAD SOME ISSUES WITH
THE EMPLOYEES THERE WHERE HE WAS
ASKED TO LEAVE. BACK HERE LIVE
AT MSU ASKED TO LEAVE, SO BEING
SLIGHTED BY OTHERS MAY BE PART
OF THE POSSIBLE MOTIVE HERE. SIX
O’CLOCK GUYS MORE ON MCRAE, THE
LONER. MORE DETAILS ON THAT
ALSO, BERKEY HERE RIGHT DOWN THE
BLOCK. THE STUDENT UNION POLICE
TODAY VERY THOUGHTFUL AND HOW
THEY DESCRIBED HOW THIS GUY
WOULD BE ABLE TO. DO WHAT HE DID
AND WALK OFF FOR HOURS. ALL THE
INFORMATION COMING IN. THEY
THOUGHT HE WAS STILL IN THE
BUILDING. SO ALL THE ALL THE
CONCENTRATION WAS ON THE UNION
AT THAT TIME, SO MUCH MORE
DETAIL AT SIX. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU, SEAN. AND TODAY WE ALSO
LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE FIVE
STUDENTS STILL AT SPARROW
HOSPITAL AT ONE OF OUR STUDENTS
HAS MOVED FROM CRITICAL TO
STABLE CONDITION AND SO I JUST
WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR
THOSE FAMILIES. UM, PRAY FOR THE
FAMILIES WHO WILL BE HAVING
SERVICES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. FOR THEIR STUDENTS WHO
HAVE, UM I HAVE NOT MADE IT.
RIGHT NOW. STUDENTS AT WAYNE
STATE ARE GATHERING FOR A VIGIL
TO PRAY FOR THOSE FIVE IN THE
HOSPITAL TONIGHT. AND REMEMBER
THE THREE LIVES LOST. MEGAN
WOODS LIVE ON CAMPUS WITH MORE
ON THAT, MEGAN YES, DEVIN. THIS
JUST STARTED MOMENTS AGO, THE
PRESIDENT OF STUDENTS IN IT HAD
SPOKEN RIGHT NOW. IT IS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY
WHO’S SPEAKING AND, YOU KNOW,
JUST TALKING ABOUT THE TRAGEDY
AND THE DEVASTATION OF LOSING
THOSE THREE STUDENTS AND JUST
REMEMBERING THEM, BUT ALSO THE
FACT THAT THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE
IN THE HOSPITAL WHO ARE FIGHTING
FOR THEIR LIVES, AND WHEN WE
SPOKE TO THE STUDENT SENATE
PRESIDENT ABOUT TODAY THEY WERE
TALKING ABOUT HOW FRUSTRATED
THEY WERE IN THE FACT THAT YOU
KNOW THEY NEEDED TOGETHER. YOU
SEE ALL THESE STUDENTS HERE WITH
MICHIGAN STATE APPAREL ON OR
JUST ANY TYPE OF GREEN, BUT YOU
KNOW, THEY’RE FRUSTRATED. SO
WHILE THEY ARE HAVING A MOMENT
OF SILENCE, AND THEY ARE
REMEMBERING, THEY’RE ALSO MAKING
A CALL TO ACTION. TAKE A LISTEN
TO WHY SHE BELIEVES THIS TIME
MAY BE DIFFERENT. WE HAVE A LOT
OF STUDENTS IN GOVERNMENT. THE
STUDENT GOVERNMENT THERE WHO’S
ALSO REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
AND ALL OF THE OTHER STUDENT
GOVERNMENTS ACROSS MICHIGAN ARE
REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING
THIS CHANGE. SO WE HAVE MORE OF
A UNITED FRONT IN CONFRONTING
LEGISLATION ABOUT MAKING SAFER
GUN LAWS AND SUPPORTING THE
MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE. THEY’RE
THEY’RE TIRED OF HAVING TO PLAN
THESE VIGILS. WHEN I WENT IN
CYBER RIGHT NEXT TO THE STUDENT
CENTER. THERE’S A POSTER THEY’RE
SAYING OXFORD STRONG SO AGAIN,
THEY WANT CHANGE TO HAPPEN. AND
IT STARTS WITH GATHERING. YOU
SEE A CROWD DEVELOPING BEHIND
ME. THEY ALSO SPRAY PAINTED MSU
STRONG IN IRAQ NEARBY, SO THEY
REALLY ARE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO
COME TOGETHER TO CONSOLE EACH
OTHER, BUT AGAIN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE. LIVE IN MIDTOWN. I’M
MEGAN WOODS. LOCAL 4. SO MUCH TO
HANDLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU, MEGAN.
MEANTIME THE MSU ATHLETIC
DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THE
MICHIGAN STATE MICHIGAN
BASKETBALL GAME WILL GO ON AS
PLANNED ON SATURDAY IN ANN ARBOR
UNIVERSITY OFFICES REOPEN TODAY
AT MICHIGAN STATE, BUT CLASSES
ARE CANCELED THROUGH SUNDAY,
COMING UP AT SIX THE EMOTIONAL
PLEA FROM STUDENTS FOR MORE TIME
AWAY FROM CLASS THE NEWS FOR
FOLLOWING YOUR DAY THE EPA
HEADING TO WAYNE COUNTY AFTER A
TRAIN DERAILMENT, WHICH KNOCKS
SEVERAL CARS OFF THE TRACKS, THE
NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN WAS
CARRYING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
WHEN IT DERAILED. THIS WAS NEAR
HURON RIVER DRIVE, AND HAGGERTY.
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP. IT DOES NOT
APPEAR, THOUGH, THAT ANYTHING
HAZARDOUS LEAKED ROD MELONI LIVE
THERE BIG CONCERNS OVER THIS. OF
COURSE, AS WE ALL CONSIDER STILL
, THE CRISIS GOING ON IN OHIO
ROD THAT’S RIGHT, DEVIN. NOW
TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME HERE. YOU
CAN SEE THEY’VE DRAGGED ONE OF
THE MOVED TRAINS OVER HERE. THIS
IS HERE ON RIVER DRIVE. IT IS
CLOSED DOWN AND YOU CAN SEE A
MASSIVE CREW OUT HERE. THEY’RE
BRINGING IN SOME RAILS BECAUSE
THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE
SECTIONS OF TRACK HERE, AND I
CAN TELL YOU THAT AS THEY DO
THIS WORK IT IS STARTING TO GET
REALLY UGLY. THE WEATHER
DETERIORATING OUT HERE. BUT I
CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT THE FOLKS
WHO LIVE OUT HERE, BOY, ARE THEY
HAPPY THIS DIDN’T GO OR BECOME
ANY WORSE THAN IT DID. THE
WESTBOUND FREIGHT TRAIN
STRETCHED HALF A MILE DOWN THE
TRACKS NEXT BELLEVILLE LAKE HAS
DRAWN FOR SHOWS US SEVEN CARS
JUMPED THE RAILS, THREE ACTUALLY
TIPPED OVER, SHEDDING THEIR
AXLES. IN THE PROCESS. A COUPLE
WERE EMPTY. ONE CONTAINED
SHREDDED METAL AS CARGO INSIDE
THE ACCURATE TRANSMISSION SHOP
JUST STEPS AWAY FROM THE TRACKS
. THEY’RE USED TO TRAINS AT ALL
HOURS, BUT OWNER LOUIS JEFFREY
TOLD LOCAL 4 THIS MORNING,
THINGS TURNED VASTLY DIFFERENT
SUGAR BUILDING. YOU KNOW, IT WAS
SERIOUS WHEN THAT HAPPENED, YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE EVERY DAY WHEN THE
TRAIN GOES BY, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR
THAT THE HORN AND THAT KIND OF
THING AND WHATEVER. SO WE’RE
USED TO IT, BUT THIS NOISE WAS
UNBELIEVABLE. LEWIS AND HIS TEAM
SPRINTED TOWARD THE WRECKED CARS
WANTING TO MAKE CERTAIN NO ONE
NEEDED HELP. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE
DID. MORE THAN THAT, HE TELLS
US, IT’S A TRUE BLESSING. THIS
DIDN’T TURN INTO A PALESTINE
OHIO SITUATION, BUT YEAH, YOU
ALWAYS THINK ABOUT ABOUT WHAT’S
IN THESE TRAIN CARS. YOU KNOW,
YOU NEVER KNOW. YOU KNOW THAT
KIND OF THING AND CONSIDER VAN
BUREN FIRE CHIEF DAVID MCNALLY’S
REACTION WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT IT
, YOU KNOW WHEN IT FIRST CAME IN
IT CAME IN AS TO RAINS. TWO
TRAINS COLLIDING, SO WE THOUGHT
IT WAS GOING TO BE MUCH
DIFFERENT OR BIGGER THAN IT WAS.
STILL IT DID BLOCK A NUMBER OF
IMPORTANT INTERSECTIONS ACROSS
THE AREA, SNARLING TRAFFIC.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN DID COUPLED
TRAINS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
DERAILMENT AND MOVED THEM AWAY.
ONE IN FACT, DID CONTAIN
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CAR THEY HAD
CHLORINE LIQUID CHLORINE ON IT.
IT WAS ON THE UNAFFECTED SIDE OF
THE DERAILMENT, SO IT WAS ON THE
TRACK WHENEVER AFFECTED AND NO
DAMAGE TO IT. NOW THE CHIEF
TELLS US THAT THAT TRAIN CAR
RIGHT THERE. THE RAILCAR IS
GOING TO PROBABLY SIT THERE FOR
ANOTHER MONTH BECAUSE THEY’RE
GOING TO HAVE TO SCRAP IT. YOU
CAN SEE THAT THE AXLES ARE LYING
THERE ON THE GROUND. THOSE WERE
JUST MOVED HERE BY SOME
BULLDOZERS HERE LITTLE WHILE AGO
THEY’VE GOT GRAVEL IN. THEY’VE
GOT ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE OUT HERE
WORKING, SO THEY’RE GOING TO BE
BUSY HERE TONIGHT, BUT THEY
FIGURE THEY’LL HAVE THE CARS
BREAK. MAKE THAT THE TRACKS OPEN
HERE BY ABOUT EIGHT PM REPORTING
LIVE IN THE NPR IN TOWNSHIP
RIDING MALONEY. ALRIGHT, ROD,
WHAT HAVE YOU TO SEE ALL THOSE
AXLES GIVES YOU INDICATION OF
JUST THE WEATHER POWER. THAT WAS
AT WORK HERE AND STILL AHEAD OF
THE SCENE THAT I MENTIONED
EARLIER. THE MORE SERIOUS TRAIN
DERAILMENT. FEDS NOW THERE IN
OHIO HOW MANY HOMES ARE IN THE
DANGER ZONE TONIGHT? AS THE
HEALTH CONCERNS GROW, BECAUSE I