Cops Present Their Findings on MSU Massacre Probe—and Are Left Stumped
Cops at Michigan State University said Thursday they still have no clue what compelled 43-year-old Anthony McRae to go on a shooting rampage in February, killing three students he didn’t know.
The unsettling concession that they found “no conclusive motive” came in a sweeping update from authorities, who revealed for the first time that McRae purchased the ammo he used in the massacre just hours before. Cops say he rattled off 18 shots in total, mostly at unarmed students, before turning a gun on himself as officers closed in.
Also revealed in Thursday’s update was that McRae was intoxicated by alcohol and THC, the major psychoactive component in cannabis, when his body was recovered, but his blood-alcohol level—.04 percent—wouldn’t have been enough to qualify for a DUI in Michigan.