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‘We were freaking out’: Singapore students in Michigan State University recount campus shooting

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Anthony Dwayne McRae killed three students and injured five before he shot himself and died.

Anthony Dwayne McRae killed three students and injured five before he shot himself and died.

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- Michigan State University (MSU) undergraduate Ning Peterson and her roommate were relaxing in their dormitory room on Monday night when the text messages came, informing them of a shooter on their college campus and instructing them on what to do: Run. Hide. Fight.

They switched off the lights. They shut the windows and barricaded their door with a dresser. They spent the rest of the night in darkness, afraid, listening to police scanners and following social media accounts for updates on the situation.

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