Michigan State University Shooting

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Some of you may know that I graduated from MSU. The campus shooting earlier this week on campus hit pretty close to home. This one cuts to the bone as a father, alumnus, and citizen.

This is a photo of police rushing into the Phillips Hall dormitory where I lived as a student for a couple years.



The shooter had no connection to MSU other than living a few miles from campus. Sadly, it was also reported that the shooter had a couple of prior felony charges for firearms possession in 2019. If he had served time, it's entirely possible this never would have happened. The prosecutor settled for a plea bargain and he got off with a misdemeanor and probation.

Another angle to this story: Oxford, MI is about 80 miles from the MSU campus. It was just over a year ago that a student shot up Oxford High School leaving 4 dead and a number of others injured.

A number of those students decided to go on to Michigan State after graduation from Oxford High School. Many of those students were on campus the other night when this shooting occurred, and got to relive the nightmare.