The father said he did not know why his son targeted MSU, but said he believed he may have been trying to apply for a job there.
He said his son had no history of violence that he was aware of.
“He wasn’t like that,” he said. “He was no danger to nobody like that. He never did anything crazy like this.”
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said McRae had not been eligible to have a gun due to a weapons offense conviction several years ago.
In June 2019, he was charged with a felony, carrying a concealed weapon, which has a maximum penalty of five years behind bars, and a misdemeanor, possession of a loaded firearm in or upon a vehicle, which could have been punishable by up to two years in jail. He pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor and was sentenced to probation and discharged in May 2021.
Nessel said on MSNBC on Tuesday that the gunman “did have a weapons offense conviction from a few years ago. He was ineligible to possess or purchase a firearm.”
“So one of the things that we’re going to need to know is how did he get that weapon?” she said.
Authorities have asked anyone with information, including photos and videos related to the shooting, to send it in.
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