News · Lansing
East Lansing Halloween night: five shot in two incidents near MSU, and two pedestrians hit by drivers police say were drunk
EAST LANSING — Five people were shot in two separate incidents near Michigan State University’s campus on Halloween night, and two pedestrians were struck by drivers police later arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, East Lansing Police Chief Jennifer Brown said Sunday, Nov. 1.
Brown said there is no known threat to the community. She read a statement at a Sunday afternoon press conference and did not take questions, WNDU reported.
Two shootings
The first shooting happened at 12:36 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of M.A.C. Avenue and Linden Street, according to The State News. Three people were taken to a hospital with gunshot wounds. Two were in stable condition Sunday afternoon; the condition of the third was not known.
Witnesses told The State News they heard anywhere from three to seven shots.
The second shooting happened later in the early morning hours near Stoddard Avenue and Frye Avenue. Two people were shot and were listed in stable condition. Officers gave first aid to the wounded, took “several individuals” into custody and recovered multiple guns at that scene, though Brown said it was not yet clear whether they were the weapons fired, CBS Detroit and MLive reported.
Police have not released the ages or names of the wounded, said whether anyone has been charged, or said whether the two shootings are connected.
Two pedestrians hit
Officers also handled two crashes in which people on foot were hit. One was near Abbott Road and Library Drive; the other was near Grand River Avenue and Gunson Street, where police found and recovered a gun in the driver’s vehicle, The State News reported. Both pedestrians were hospitalized in stable condition, and both drivers were arrested on suspicion of operating while intoxicated.
The East Lansing Fire Department answered 91 calls over 24 hours, 75 of them overnight, Brown said, according to The State News and WNDU. CBS Detroit reported the overnight figure as 71.
What MSU said
None of the victims or suspects are MSU students, university spokesperson Emily Guerrant told The State News. MSU police helped East Lansing officers, but a university spokesperson said “the criminal activity did not involve a threat to campus and did not take place on MSU’s campus,” and the university sent no alert to students, WNDU reported.
MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz called the weekend’s incidents “deeply concerning,” including what he called “inappropriate behavior at the SAE fraternity,” and said the university would share more with the campus community. He did not describe the fraternity incident, and it is not known whether it is related to the shootings.
Police said more information will be released as the investigation continues.
Sources:
The State News, “5 victims hospitalized after 2 East Lansing overnight shootings” (Nov. 1, 2026; times, locations, custody, guns, crashes, MSU student status, fire calls), https://statenews.com/article/2026/11/5-victims-hospitalized-after-two-east-lansing-overnight-shootings
MLive, “5 hospitalized after 2 Halloween night shootings in East Lansing” (Nov. 1, 2026), https://www.mlive.com/news/2026/11/5-hospitalized-after-2-halloween-night-shootings-in-east-lansing.html
CBS Detroit, “5 hospitalized after 2 separate shootings in East Lansing, police say” (Nov. 1, 2026), https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/shootings-east-lansing-police-overnight-halloween/
WNDU, “Five people injured in two separate Halloween night shootings near MSU campus, ELPD chief says” (Nov. 1, 2026; press conference, MSU statements), https://www.wndu.com/2026/11/01/five-people-injured-two-separate-halloween-night-shootings-near-msu-campus-elpd-chief-says/
Photo: Guettarda, “Police vehicle - George Floyd protests, East Lansing Michigan,” Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Police_vehicle_-_George_Floyd_protests,_East_Lansing_Michigan.jpg
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