Justice · East Lansing shootingsEast Lansing shootings: Five hospitalized after two off-campus incidentsAired November 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM UTCWritten November 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07Two shootings sent five people to hospitals with gunshot wounds.0:10One patient's condition was unknown at Sunday's briefing.0:14Police said there was no known community threat.0:17What have investigators said about the wounded and the people involved?0:21The shootings happened overnight from Halloween into November1,2026 .0:26East Lansing Police Chief Jennifer Brown described both investigations that Sunday0:31afternoon, three people were wounded near MAC Avenue and Linden Street.0:37Two others were wounded near Stoddard and Fry.0:40Both shootings happened off campus.0:42Michigan State University police helped city officers respond.0:47University spokesperson Amber McCann said that morning that the shootings didn't0:52pose a threat to campus.0:54Police activity continued near MAC and Linden.0:57Late Sunday morning.0:59Witnesses near MAC and Linden described hearing between three and seven shots.1:05One said they saw a person lying on the ground afterward.1:08Those descriptions capture what people heard and saw as the violence unfolded.1:12Investigators haven't given an official count of the shots fired.1:16Two of the three people wounded at MAC and Linden were stable Sunday afternoon.1:21The third person's condition was unknown then.1:24Both people wounded near Stoddard and Fry were also stable that afternoon.1:29All five had been taken to local hospitals.1:32Another witness described two groups arguing around a car near MAC Avenue.1:38The witness said someone then came out of the vehicle holding a gun.1:42That account doesn't identify who fired.1:45Police haven't described a motive for either shooting or said whether the incidents1:50were connected.1:51The shooting near MAC and Linden happened shortly after midnight.1:56The exact minute is disputed.1:58With times of twelve twenty-six and twelve thirty-six, police haven't clarified that2:03ten-minute difference.2:04Police Lieutenant Chad Stemman administered medical care to victims at MAC and2:09Linden.2:10Officers were searching for a suspect around one thirty that morning, while police2:15were also saying there was no active threat.2:17Brown didn't announce an arrest in that investigation at her afternoon briefing.2:22Police took several people into custody after the Stoddard and Fry shooting.2:26Officers also recovered multiple guns at that scene.2:30Brown said there was no known threat to the community when she addressed the2:34incidents on November one.2:35Brown said it wasn't clear whether the recovered guns had been used in the shooting.2:40The custody information and those gun recoveries belonged to the Stoddard and Fry2:44investigation.2:45They don't tell us how the separate suspect search at MAC and Linden ended.2:50University spookesperson Emily Garrett said none of the shooting victims or suspects2:55were Michigan State students.2:57The shooting's proximity to campus nevertheless brought a response from the3:02university president, who addressed people affected by the violence, including those3:07who had witnessed it.3:08Michigan State President Kevin Guskiewicz.3:11Said his thoughts were with everyone affected, including witnesses.3:15In his November one statement, he said student and staff safety remained the3:19university's priority, and promised more information to the campus community later3:25that day.3:26Two separate pedestrian crashes also sent people to hospitals that night.3:30One happened on Abbott Road near Library Lane.3:34The other happened at Grand River Avenue and Gunson Street.3:38Police arrested both drivers on suspicion of operating while intoxicated.3:42The Abbott Road driver remained at the scene.3:45The East Lansing Fire Department responded to ninety-one incidents over twenty-four3:50hours.3:51Across the two shootings and two pedestrian crashes, seven people were hospitalized.3:57Police reported the pedestrian struck on Abbott Road underwent surgery and was4:02stable by Sunday afternoon.4:04The pedestrian struck at Grand River and Gunson was also stable.4:08Police recovered a firearm from the vehicle in that second crash.4:11Brown said police would release more information as it became available.4:16The current arrest status in the MAC and Linden investigation is still unclear, as4:22is the fifth shooting victim's condition since November one.4:25The four other shooting patients' stable conditions also date to that Sunday4:30afternoon.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSS
