(BILL UHRICH – READING EAGLE)īrock commended the school district for its response and quick communication to the school’s families. Wilson School District buses arrive to pick up students after police determined that a report of an active shooter at the high school was a hoax. The unidentified caller’s vague message indicated people were shot and someone was in the building with a gun. Chris Trickett, district superintendent, indicated there was no confirmed report of a shooting but said law enforcement was searching the building. (BILL UHRICH – READING EAGLE)Īn automated message sent just before 9 a.m. Muhlenberg Township police officers were among those who responded Friday to a report of an active shooter at Wilson High School. The high school and adjacent Whitfield Elementary School were placed on lockdown. The school district implemented its emergency procedures for an active-shooter scenario, and officers were searching inside the school within minutes of the dispatch, Spring Township Lt. Officers from about a dozen departments, some in tactical gear, responded to assist Spring Township police in the search for the shooter. The suspect was identified as Anthony Dwayne McRae, 43, who was not affiliated with MSU and who killed himself as police were closing-in on him, Rozman said.About 100 law enforcement officers descended on the Wilson High School campus during Friday morning classes after Berks County dispatchers fielded a call, which was later determined to be a hoax, about a shooting in the school. And it happened on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Parkland school shooting in Florida that left 14 students and three staff members dead. Monday’s massacre was the second school shooting of the year, according to NBC News’ school shooting tracker. Alexandria Verner was a junior from Clawson, Brian Fraser was a sophomore from Grosse Pointe, and junior Arielle Anderson was also from Grosse Pointe. “This truly has been a nightmare that we are living tonight,” said Chris Rozman, interim deputy chief of the Michigan State University Police.Īll three victims were from the Detroit suburbs, university police said. And written in red on the rock’s face were the words “How many more?” followed by “Stay Safe MSU.” Meanwhile, an iconic fixture on the MSU campus known as The Rock was painted black Tuesday in response to the mass shooting. Police searched for a motive, survivors recounted their brush with death, politicians denounced the mayhem and expressed condolences, a heartbroken doctor broke down in tears as he tallied up the latest losses - three dead, five wounded, all students targeted by yet another suspect with an unknown grudge and a gun. Yet another American community was grappling Tuesday with the aftermath of yet another deadly mass shooting, this time on the campus of Michigan State University.
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