Anthony Duane McRae, a suspect in the Michigan State University shooting, considered himself a “loner,” according to the FBI.

Officials said Tuesday morning that the suspect in the Michigan State University shooting is Anthony Duane McRae, a 43-year-old Lansing resident.

McRae allegedly shot eight people in Michigan State Universitykilling three on Monday evening.

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McRae died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound as law enforcement was approaching, a law enforcement source briefed on the situation told ABC News. The source added that a firearm was seized at the scene and a second weapon was found in a backpack along with numerous magazines.

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According to the state Department of Corrections, McRae served 18 months in prison between 2019 and 2021 on a weapons charge for having a loaded gun in his car. The crime took place in Ingham County, which covers East Lansing. He is listed on the DOC website as a 5’4″ male.

Anthony McRae is featured in this booking photo provided by the Michigan Department of Corrections.

Michigan Department of Corrections via AP

Law enforcement is scouring his social media and articles for any extremist views, including misogyny, satanic speculation, signs of isolation and possible conspiracy theories, the sources said.

At a confidential law enforcement briefing on Tuesday, the FBI said it had determined that McRae walked from home to school and had no connection to either the university or the victims.

They said the shooter was mentally ill and, when found, was in possession of “a 3-page document outlining the reasons for the attack and a number of additional locations in Lansing and Holt, Michigan; the town of Ewing and Franklin Park, New Jersey; and Colorado Springs, Colorado, who “harmed” (sic) him and therefore deserved to be attacked.”

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Agents believe that “personal grudges” against people in these locations are the reasons they were mentioned in the letter.

The briefing stated that “the subject claimed in his letter that he is the leader of a group that will pursue his interests on his behalf … The FBI has not yet collected information confirming any threat to these places or the involvement of other parties.”

Investigators said the suspect’s records confirm that “the deceased was often alone.” The briefing said the shooter considered himself a “loner” and an “outcast” who was “never seen or accepted by others.”

The shooter lived with his father, who is cooperating with the investigation, according to the FBI.

Motive aside, detectives are actively trying to determine what prompted the shooter to attack this particular location on the MSU campus.

ABC News contributed to this report.

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