The mass shooting that resulted in the deaths of three people at Michigan State University (MSU) this week has prompted comments from Bishop Earl Boyea, whose Diocese of Lansing includes the campus.

“A dreadfully dark day in East Lansing,” Boyea tweeted on Feb. 14, the day after the shooting. “May the love of Almighty God restore health to the injured; sustain those caring for them; bestow solace on those who mourn and eternal rest to those who were killed. The Catholic community is praying that they rest in peace.”

On Monday night, a shooter opened fire at the MSU campus, killing three people and wounding five others, a FOX 2 report said. Authorities said two of the three fatal shootings occurred in Berkey Hall, with the other happening at the MSU Union. The five individuals who were wounded have been hospitalized and are in serious condition.

Father Gordon Reigle, as well as the priests and employees of St. John Church and Student Center at MSU, have been working diligently in the aftermath to provide the student community with spiritual and emotional support; a recent release from the diocese said. MSU police noted that all campus activities—including athletics, classes and other school-related events—were canceled for Tuesday and Wednesday.

“Tragedies are real and you can’t pretend them away, right, but you also have to see them wrapped around, and somehow absorbed, into the love of Christ, and you can’t always see that element but it’s there,” Father Michael Cassar, parochial vicar at St. John Church and Student Center, said in the diocese's release. “And so, holding these together and mourning with those who are mourning without losing sight of Christ and his love and realizing that he’s with us, walking through it, suffering with his body, the church, who are mourning as well.”

Anthony McRae, 43, has been identified as the suspect, the Detroit Free Press reported. Before he could be detained, McRae was discovered off campus early on Tuesday having died from what seemed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The Free Press identified two of the dead as Brian Fraser, a sophomore from Grosse Pointe, Mich.; and Alexandria Verner, a junior from Clawson, Mich. The New York Times identified the third victim as Arielle Diamond Anderson, 19, of Harper Woods, Mich.