Photo: Al Goldis ~ AP
EAST LANSING ~ Hundreds of Michigan State University students were celebrating Halloween weekend when four separate overnight incidents turned parts of East Lansing into active emergency scenes. East Lansing Police Department officials said two shootings and two unrelated pedestrian crashes near campus left multiple people injured, with five people suffering gunshot wounds and two pedestrians hospitalized.
Police Chief Jennifer Brown said officers were responding to one incident as others unfolded across the city, creating a hectic night for first responders. Authorities said both pedestrian crashes involved suspected drunk drivers, while investigators continue to examine the two shootings, adding there is no known threat to the community.
