At least three people are dead and five others are injured after a gunman opened fire at Michigan State University Monday night, police said.
Police say the suspect was later found dead off campus from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The announcement came early Tuesday, four hours after shootings were reported, first at Berkey Hall and then nearby at the MSU Union, a popular hub to eat or study.
“We are relieved to no longer have an active threat on campus,” said Chris Rozman, interim deputy chief of the campus police department. He reasserted that authorities believe the suspect acted alone in the incident and said the shelter-in-place on campus was lifted.
With the investigation ongoing, authorities are working to identify the suspect and are processing several different crime scenes.
Rozman said authorities received multiple calls of a shooting around 8:18 p.m. at Berkey Hall on the East Lansing campus. Police then immediately responded to a second shooting in “close proximity” to the Michigan State University Union.
“We tended to the victims at both of those scenes, and there was an overwhelming law enforcement response to campus,” Rozman said.
Michigan State University police confirmed three fatalities in addition to thefive victims who were transported to the E.W. Sparrow Hospital in Lansing.
Multiple locations on the campus were cleared and secured as of 10:18 p.m., according to university police. The areas included Brody Hall, Snyder/Phillips Hall, Mason Hall, Abbot Hall, Landon Hall, the MSU Union, and Berkey Hall.
Hundreds of law enforcement officers from local, state, and federal agencies responded to the shooting “in a coordinated effort,” Rozman said. A line of 10 ambulances was waiting outside the Broad Art Museum.
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