
These are the victims of the Michigan State University shootingĪfter Clawson Public Schools Superintendent Billy Shellenbarger learned of Verner’s death, he described her as “everything you’d want a student to be.” Left to right: Alexandria Verner, Arielle Anderson and Brian Fraser Clawson Public Schools/Family Photo/Phi Delta Theta I jumped out the window and I ran as fast as I could.” I forgot everything I owned because that didn’t matter. He stood there and risked his life to catch people,” Papoulias said.

“There was a boy on the other side of the window catching people who were jumping out the window. When the gunman stepped out of the classroom – leaving the door wide open – some students bravely smashed a window and helped others jump out of the first-floor classroom, Papoulias said. I smelled and saw the gunpowder,” Papoulias said. “The shooter opened the back classroom door and started firing at my classmates in the back, wounding them.

Claire Papoulias was in history class when “all of sudden I heard gunshots directly behind me,” the sophomore told CNN on Tuesday. Like many scenes of carnage at US schools, the deadly rampage at Michigan State forced students to jump out windows and run for their lives. Anthony McRae was arrested in 2019 after allegedly carrying a concealed weapon without a permit.
