haley seemed to relish it, saying it makes the liberal heads explode. story breaking last night one of america s greatest college towns in mourning after three students killed five others seriously injured by a gunman on the campus of michigan state university. chief correspondent jonathan hunt was live with us last night and joins us again with the latest. a lot of things they re trying to figure out. yes, chief among those is the motive. police still don t know what drove the gunman who had no known connection to michigan state university to kill three injure five and bring terror to thousands of students on the huge smu campus. really quietly as we could shut off every light. it happened very suddenly. i felt like a hostage in my own home looking out the window, ducking, turning off the lights,
on the campus of michigan state university. and once again, as is so oftentp the case, we re learningr duty p prosecutors failed to do their duty and protect the rest of us . ts.foxes. tonight trace gallagher has the story for us tonight. it s: hey, tucker, the the michr is identified as forty three year old anthony mcrae. hiathes father says mcrae turned bad after his mom died a fewdief years ago. years ago and the father says he played for his son to give up his guns . bew weca knousw the father didn t have to plead because in 2019, anthony mcrae was arrested and charged with carrying a concealed weapoweapon without a permit, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. but at the time, the ingham county, michigan, d.a. was carol seeman. she was from the george soros line of progressive prosecutorsn ,including george gascon in los angeles and larry krasner and philadelphia. so in 2019 days, seeman ended the mandatory sentencing for felony firearms charges, allowing anthony mc
was lost later today. we also know that the five who were injured, who have been hospitalized, they are still in the hospital, according to the university. they are still in critical condition. you really feel the weight of the situation for so many people here on the campus of michigan state university, chris. such an incredibly powerful statement from that student. shaq brewster, thank you for bringing it to us. now to iowa where mike pence will be speaking later this afternoon. it was supposed to be the focus of my conversation with nbc s vaughn hillyard but the former vice president changed those plans because he spoke on camera for the first time about the doj s subpoena. what did he tell you? reporter: this is the reality that mike pence and every one of these republicans, including nikki haley announced today is going to be facing over the course of the next year on the presidential campaign trail. that s their connection to donald trump, and mike pence is unable since lea
mcrae killed three students and critically injured five more on the campus of michigan state university. the disturbing fact we do know, several students on that campus had been through a mass shooting before including em ra riddle, who was a senior at oxford high when four classmates were killed there, and also two students who spoke with our maggie vespa, the first was in lockdown at a nearby school during the sandy hook murders. it s irreversible grief, and until this day newtown, sandy hook has an incredibly strong community, and i ll forever be thankful for that, but i just wish that another community would never have to feel that again. yeah, it happened before. i was part of the boston bombing. i was there right when the bomb went off. i can t tell you where to go from now. i can t tell you what to do. i have no answers, and i think that s how everyone s feeling right now. just no words. and in an emotionally charged
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