Wednesday News Summary 02-15-23Wed, 15 Feb 2023 12:19:58 EST
(Stories Courtesy of Michigan News Radio)
VICTIMS
A fraternity chapter president, a science student and a student who wanted to become
a pediatrician are among victims of a shooting at Michigan State University. Officials
say Alexandria Verner, Brian Fraser and Arielle Anderson were killed after a gunman
opened fire on campus Monday night. Five other students remain in critical condition.
Verner was a junior from Clawson who was studying integrated biology and
anthropology. Fraser and Anderson went to Grosse Pointe Schools. Fraser was
president of Michigan State's chapter of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, which says in a
statement its members are "heartbroken."
GUN LEGISLATION
Two state lawmakers held a briefing Tuesday to address the mass shooting at
Michigan State University. Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks joined Senator
Rosemary Bayer, chair of the Legislative Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention, to
talk about next steps for gun violence prevention legislation. Bayer says residents are
angry that more action hasn't been taken to prevent tragedies and senators will focus
on legislation regarding universal background check requirements, safe gun storage,
and "extreme risk" protection orders, also known as red flag laws.
MSU ATHLETICS
All athletic events at Michigan State University have been put on hold for the remainder
of the week, in the wake of the shooting that took place on campus . Four events -
including the men's basketball game tonight night against Minnesota and the women's
basketball game tonight at Purdue - have been postponed, while school officials will
determine later in the week whether any Michigan State teams will play games this
weekend.
RECORD BREAKING TEMPS
Areas across Michigan had record high temperature for a February 14th. One was set
at Flint Bishop Airport (FNT) with 56F, breaking the old record of 52F set in 1939. A
record high temperature was also set at Tri-Cities Airport (MBS) in Freeland, hitting 55F
and breaking the old record of 49F set in 1915.
VIGILS
A pair of Tuesday night vigils remembered two of the young lives lost in Monday night's
mass shooting. Hundreds gathered at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church in Grosse
Pointe Farms to honor the memory of sophomore Brian Fraser.
In Clawson, thousands turned out at the high school football stadium to remember Alex
Verner, who was on the school's volleyball, softball and basketball teams. She was
also a member of the National Honor Society.
More vigils are planned tonight. At 6pm, there will be a candlelight vigil at the Rock on
the MSU campus. U of M is also set to hold a vigil at 7pm at the Diag.
MSU SUSPECT
Police say the 43-year-old gunman who killed three students and wounded five others
at Michigan State University had no apparent connection to the campus. Family
members say he had mental health issues.
They say Anthony McRae fired inside an academic building and the student union just
before 8:30 p.m. Monday. An hours long lockdown at the campus in East Lansing
ended when he killed himself miles away while being confronted by police.
They say they're still searching for a motive.
STUDENT KILLED BY BUS-METRO DETROIT
The family of a Wayne/Westland middle school student is in mourning today after the
12-year-old is killed in a crash. Family members say Jacob Escobedo, who was a
student at Franklin Middle School, was hit by a school bus outside the school on
Tuesday and died from his injuries. In just 13 days, he would have been celebrating
his 13th birthday. Jacob leaves behind an older brother and two younger sisters.
MISSION POINT ABUSE-ISHPEMING
Insufficient practices led to the death and potential for abuse of residents at
Ishpeming's Mission Point Nursing & Physical Rehabilitation Center. W-L-U-C reports
a state report looked at allegations of abuse and neglect for 17 residents and said
Mission Point did not report eight of those cases. The report also says the practices
led to the death of one man, who was found in December of 2022, with half of his body
on his bed and half on the floor after a fall.
STURGIS MURDER ARREST
A man suspected in a murder at a Sturgis motel , Cameron Hope, has been arrested in
Gary, Indiana. He will reportedly be extradited back to Michigan and formally charged
in the murder of Jeremy Lampaert, who was found shot in the parking lot of the Country
Hearth motel in December.
MSU STUDENT PROPERTY
Michigan State University Police are beginning a coordinated effort to reunite students,
faculty and staff with any belongings they may have been left behind while trying to
escape Monday night's pandemonium.
Starting at 1:30 this (Wed) afternoon, members of the FBI's Detroit Field Office will be
helping students or their representatives recover personal items from the MSU Union.
Faculty and staff can start picking up their items at 4 p.m. today.
Anyone who left belongings behind in Berkey Hall is invited to retrieve their items on
Thursday, starting at 10 a.m. FBI employees and victim specialists will be on hand to
provide assistance.
MISSING MAN-MONROE COUNTY
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office asking for the public's help locating a missing
person.
32-year-old Mark Zielinski was last seen leaving his home in Bedford Township to go to
work in Blissfield, Michigan... he hasn't been heard from since.
Zielinski is described as a White male, 5'8", about 170-pounds, with blonde/brown hair,
and blue eyes. He was last known to be driving a 2008 gray Subaru Impreza --
Michigan license plate, D-B-Q-0-0-2-5. Police say he is also known to frequent the
greater Toledo, Ohio, area.
ICE
Warmer temperatures have made the ice along Michigan waterways unpredictable.
Anglers venturing onto the ice from canals in Chesterfield Township in Metro Detroit to
the shores of Lakes Huron and Superior have led to two major rescues, according to
the Coast Guard.
Last week it required multiple agencies to save fourteen people from an ice floe off
see-ba-wing
in the Michigan Thumb area.
Fluctuating temperatures have made for historically low ice coverage on the Great
Lakes this year, and the Coast Guard encourages Michiganders to check conditions
before venturing on or near the water.
CHILD HIT BY CAR-HOUGHTON LAKE
A 10-year-old boy is in stable condition after being hit by a vehicle after a woman
reportedly backed her vehicle into the child in Houghton Lake Monday morning, pinning
him between her vehicle and his father's vehicle. The boy is being treated at the
Covenant Medical Center in Saginaw.
GRAND RAPIDS IDEAS
Grand Rapids is asking the community help to shape the future of their city.
Layla Aslani, Planning Projects Manager, says they're looking for all kinds of ideas. So
far, they have 3 public meetings to help shape the larger 'Community Master Plan,'
which leads to the adoption phase next year. Aslani mentions there's no money set
aside for these projects, but a good idea could find funding in the near future.
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