EAST LANSING, Mich. —

Video above: Michigan State University officials, police provide update early Tuesday morning on shootings

A gunman opened fire Monday night at Michigan State University, killing three people and wounding five more, before fatally shooting himself off campus amid an hourslong manhunt during which frightened students hid in the dark.

Police reported the man's death early Tuesday, four hours after shootings broke out, first at Berkey Hall, an academic building, and then nearby at the MSU Union, a popular hub to eat or study.

"This truly has been a nightmare we're living tonight," said Chris Rozman, interim deputy chief of the campus police department.

Hundreds of officers had scoured the East Lansing campus, about 90 miles northwest of Detroit, for the suspect.

The suspect, who police said was a 43-year-old man who had no affiliation with Michigan State University, was found dead off campus from a "self-inflicted gunshot wound."

His name was not released.

Rozman said it was too early to know a motive and whether the man had some type of affiliation with the university.

Video below: Heavy police presence on MSU campus

"There's a lot that we don't know at this point," Rozman said.

Two people were killed at Berkey and another was killed at the MSU Union, he said.

Police said in an early Tuesday morning news briefing that the five victims who were taken to Sparrow Hospital all remain in critical condition.

By 10:15 p.m., police said Berkey, as well as nearby residence halls, were secured.

Before the gunman was found dead, WDIV-TV meteorologist Kim Adams, whose daughter attends Michigan State, told viewers that students were worn down by the hourslong saga.

Video below: Police provide initial update on Michigan State University shootings

"They've been hiding, all the lights off in a dark room," Adams said. "Their cellphones are starting to lose battery charge. They don't all have chargers with them and losing contact with the outside world is terrifying on a normal day for college kids, let alone when there's someone out there that they haven't caught yet."

Aedan Kelley, a junior who lives a half-mile east of campus, said he locked his doors and covered his windows "just in case." Sirens were constant, he said, and a helicopter hovered overhead.

"It's all very frightening," Kelley said. "And then I have all these people texting me wondering if I'm OK, which is overwhelming."

Michigan State has about 50,000 students. All campus activities were canceled for 48 hours, including athletics and classes.

The shooting at Michigan State is the latest in what has become a deadly new year in the U.S. Dozens of people have died in mass shootings so far in 2023, most notably in California where 11 people were killed as they welcomed the Lunar New Year at a dance hall popular with older Asian Americans.

In 2022, there were more than 600 mass shootings in the U.S. in which at least four people were killed or injured, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

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Kusmer reported from Indianapolis.

WAUKESHA, Wis. —

The night of the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack, Sarah Wehmeier-Aparicio said she realized something was wrong the moment the music stopped playing.

"Some of the kids stopped playing and I thought, 'Why aren't they playing?'" Wehmeier said. "That's when the screaming started and I turned around and he started driving through the band."

She's referring to Darrell Brooks Jr., who police said drove through the parade in an SUV. Six people died. More than 60 were injured.

She said she watched as the SUV sped past within inches of her, then heard gunfire, as police shot at the vehicle.

"The kids were running, but we still had several on the ground and then a police officer came running and said, 'Shots fired, everybody run,'" Wehmeier said. "A lot of students were injured, not able to move, just laying on the street and they just felt so helpless they were there."

The rest of the students scattered in storefronts, all while Wehmeier's own family was somewhere else along the parade route.

"I remember having to make that choice: am I going to be a mom right now or am I going to be the band teacher right now? I had to be the band teacher in that moment," Wehmeier said.

"Just checking the store, 'How are you guys doing?' Next store, 'How are you guys doing?' Then on the streets," Wehmeier said.

Wehmeier said community members trained in first aid helped tend to the injured students, while waiting for emergency responders. She said 12 of her students received medical treatment.

Sister station WISN was there when the final student, Erick Tiegs, 16, returned home from the hospital on Tuesday. He was playing trombone when the driver in the SUV struck him.

Wehmeier said some of the students' instruments likely protected their bodies from serious harm.

"We did hear our sousaphone, which is the marching version of the tuba, the doctor said that probably saved (the student's) life because the way it wrapped around him, it created a barrier that protected him as the car went over," Wehmeier said. "He said, 'Thank goodness for that sousaphone, it saved your life.'"

Wehmeier said since returning to school on Monday, the students have taken time to process the trauma by talking as a group, using the student services counselors and taking in the support that's flooded into their school.

Hundreds of handmade signs, handwritten notes, flowers and gifts have poured in from around the country for the Waukesha South marching band.

Comfort dogs also gathered outside the school one day to help students open up.

"I know some of the students who were towards the back of the band, they've really struggled because, 'If I had been in the one spot over, that would have been me,' and 'I should have been in that spot.' It's a lot more survivor's guilt, that they wish they had been in the spot of their classmates so they could have taken that for them," Wehmeier said.

Wehmeier said talking to each other about the trauma from that day has helped the group process the most. She also said starting to play again together as a band has helped students return to some sense of normalcy.

She said once her students learned the Dancing Grannies, another group struck in the parade, planned to march in a parade this weekend, the band wanted to rehearse again.

"For me personally, this is something somebody did to us and so it makes me feel extra strong about wanting to get back to normal," Wehmeier said. "I did mention to them about the Dancing Grannies and they said, 'You know what, we want to play tomorrow.'"

"(The Dancing Grannies) resiliency in the number of people they lost from their group and the fact they're ready to do a parade again this weekend is amazing and a great example," Wehmeier said. "I know our students have been really inspired by them."

Wehmeier said her life experience has prepared her for this work.

"I've been through other traumas in my life, so I know, as hard as things are right now, there is going to be some light in this at the end of the tunnel," Wehmeier said. "My students don't have that life experience yet and I have a really special honor to get to be at their side to walk them through this."

When asked what she is currently reflecting on, Wehmeier said she's wondering about how this could have happened.

"How many other people are slipping through the cracks with mental illness and trauma in their lives that allows them to get to this point, where they think that driving a car through a parade is an OK thing? What can we learn as a society to be preventive and proactive, to stop these things from happening," Wehmeier said.

HOUSTON —

Officials in Texas say at least eight people are dead and several others injured in a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival.

The surge broke out just after 9 p.m. Friday while rapper Travis Scott was performing, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters at a news conference.

“The crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage, and that caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries,” the fire chief said. “People began to fall out, become unconscious, and it created additional panic.”

The show was called off shortly after several people began suffering injuries.

Officials transported 17 people to the hospital, including 11 who were in cardiac arrest, Peña said. Many people were also treated at the scene at NRG Park, where a field hospital had been set up.

Approximately 50,000 people were in attendance at the festival, Peña said.

The fire chief added that officials did not immediately know the causes of death for the eight people who died. A medical examiner would investigate. The deceased had not been identified as of early Saturday.

Officials set up a reunification center at a hotel for family members who had not been able to reach relatives who had been in attendance at the event.

Astroworld is a two-day music festival that was scheduled to take place Friday and Saturday in Houston. The event was sold out, according to the Astroworld website. Saturday's performances have been canceled.

Event promoters had arranged for medical units to be on scene at the festival, however once the crowd surge began, those units were “quickly overwhelmed,” Peña said.

Houston Police Chief Troy Finner called for calm and urged people not to jump to conclusions as to what caused the surge.

“I think it's very important that none of us speculate. Nobody has all the answers tonight,” Finner said. He added that there have been several rumors surrounding the event that authorities would look into.

“We're going to do an investigation and find out because it's not fair to the producers, to anybody else involved, until we determine what happened, what caused the surge,” he said. “We don't know, but we will find out.”

CINCINNATI —

A man was hospitalized after being shot twice in the leg in West Price Hill on Saturday.

The shooting happened just after 8:30 p.m. on Glenway Ave. Cincinnati police say the victim was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police say the suspect ran from the scene. No other information was released.

An investigation is underway.

A mass shooting has been reported in Bryan, Texas, according to reports.KBTX-TV reported at least six people have been injured following a shooting at a business. The TV station said multiple people are in critical condition and there's an active police situation.The Eagle newspaper reported a suspect is still at large, citing the Bryan Police Department.The news outlet earlier reported that police responded to a reported shooting at Kent Moore Cabinets corporate office.The city is next to College Station, the home of Texas A&M University.This is a developing story.