{"id":6486,"date":"2023-02-15T13:34:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T17:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=6486"},"modified":"2023-02-15T20:38:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T00:38:53","slug":"uniquely-american-problem-msu-shooting-shocks-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/uniquely-american-problem-msu-shooting-shocks-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cUniquely American problem\u201d: MSU shooting shocks Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By The Yemeni American News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mass shooting that claimed three students at Michigan State University has shaken communities across the state and renewed calls for gun reforms and other measures to keep schools safe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The incident, in which five others were injured, came less than eighteen months after the mass shooting at Oxford High School, where a teenage gunman killed four people in 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 464px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6486-1\" width=\"464\" height=\"848\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Video-2023-02-14-at-10.38.06-PM.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Video-2023-02-14-at-10.38.06-PM.mp4\">https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Video-2023-02-14-at-10.38.06-PM.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also coincided with the anniversary of the Parkland high school shooting in Florida, in which 17 people were killed in 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alaa Algahim, a Yemeni-American MSU student, described the harrowing ordeal for The Yemeni American News. The shooting started while he was training at the gym.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;When we heard the shooting, all the students were shocked and started to run away. We ended up hiding in the bathroom, then we went to a special room where we stayed for five hours until the police came and the situation was stable for us to return to our rooms,&#8221; Algahim said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6495\" src=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/IMG_6400-300x124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/IMG_6400-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/IMG_6400-1024x424.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/IMG_6400-768x318.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/IMG_6400.jpg 1151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The students were asked to turn off the light and place their phones on silent not to alert a potential threat to their whereabouts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alaa&#8217;s family say they were worried throughout the incident, communicating with the student via text message.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His father, Nasser Algahim said he first heard about the shooting from a relative and immediately called his son who was able to answer the phone at first.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We stayed in a state of anxiety and fear until 2 a.m. when Alaa was able to get out and return to his room,&#8221; Nasser Algahim said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6493\" src=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-14-at-10.38.11-PM-183x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-14-at-10.38.11-PM-183x300.jpeg 183w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-14-at-10.38.11-PM.jpeg 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>&#8216;We cannot keep living like this&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authorities have released the names of the victims &#8211; all students. They were: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arielle Anderson, Brian Fraser and Alexandria Verner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mass shootings, including at schools, are occurring at an alarming frequency in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We cannot keep living like this. Our children are scared to go to school. People feel unsafe in their houses of worship or local stores. Too many of us scan rooms for exits when we enter that place. And many of us have gone through the grim exercise of figuring out who our last call would be to,&#8221; Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Democratic governor called for action to protect children. &#8220;We know this is a uniquely American problem,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police identified the gunman at MSU as 43-year-old Anthony Dwayne McRae, but the motive for the shooting is still unclear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McRae had opened fire at two different buildings on campus and remained at large for several hours, sparking panic in the entire East Lansing area, before he was found dead after apparently taking his own life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Little is known about the suspected gunman or what drove him to do something like this. Law enforcement officials said he was not a student or staff member at the university. He lived in neighboring Lansing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McRae&#8217;s father had said in media interviews that his son became increasingly angry after his mother&#8217;s death in 2020 but was not formally diagnosed with mental health problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6494\" src=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-14-at-10.38.20-PM-187x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-14-at-10.38.20-PM-187x300.jpeg 187w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-14-at-10.38.20-PM.jpeg 505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Biden calls for reform<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lawmakers and officials across the state and the country have denounced the shooting and expressed condolences for MSU.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We have children in Michigan who are living through their second school shooting in under a year and a half,&#8221; said Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, who represents both East Lansing and Oxford in Oakland County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I am filled with rage that we have to have another press conference to talk about our children being killed in their schools. If this is not a wake-up call to do something, I don&#8217;t know what is.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Joe Biden, who has been advocating for a ban on assault weapons, offered support to MSU in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Our hearts are with these young victims and their families, the broader East Lansing and Lansing communities, and all Americans across the country grieving as the result of gun violence,&#8221; Biden said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also renewed his calls for gun reform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Congress must do something and enact common-sense gun law reforms, including requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, closing loopholes in our background check system, requiring safe storage of guns, and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets,&#8221; the president said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib also urged &#8220;meaningful action&#8221; after the MSU shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The trauma and heartache that a whole community like MSU\/East Lansing is experiencing right now should not become the norm. We can\u2019t let it,&#8221; Talib said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='clear '><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By The Yemeni American News The mass shooting that claimed three students at Michigan State University has shaken communities across the state and renewed calls for gun reforms and other measures to keep schools safe.\u00a0 The incident, in which five others were injured, came less than eighteen months after the mass shooting at Oxford High [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6486"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6500,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6486\/revisions\/6500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}