Police identify man they say shot dead 3 Michigan State students, a 43-year-old with no obvious motive

• Three students were killed and five more are in critical condition after a shooting at MSU, police said.
• Police say the suspect had no known connection to Michigan State University.

Police on Tuesday identified the man who they said shot dead three students at Michigan State University, and injured five more.

Police have identified 43-year-old Anthony McRae as the suspect, Chris Rozman, the interim deputy chief of the Michigan State University Department of Police and Public Safety, said at a press conference on Tuesday morning.

Rozman said that McRae had no known affiliation to the university and no known motive.

Police have "absolutely no idea what the motive was at this point," he said, adding that it was something police are currently investigating.

Rozman said that McRae is not a current or former student or staff member of the university.

"I know everybody wants to know what the motive is. We don't have an answer right now. And that's the honest truth," Rozman said.

He added that police were still working to figure out where the suspect was from and where he lived.

Police said that McRae died on Monday, from a self-inflicted gunshot.

The five students who were injured were all in critical condition in hospital as of Tuesday morning, Rozman said.