One person was killed in an on-campus shooting at Michigan State University Monday night as the university police told students “secure in place immediately” and searched for a lone gunman.
The university said the first shots were fired inside Berkey Hall at 8:18 p.m. on the north end of campus near Grand River and Farm Lane. Gunshots reportedly were later heard at the Snyder-Phillips Hall, where police began swarming the building with guns drawn. And IM East was being secured by police afterward, according to MSU police.
MSU spokeswoman Emily Guerrant confirmed one fatality from the shooting inside Berkey Hall. “Suspect is still at large and believed to be on foot,” MSU said in a statement. “All persons on campus and in (the) neighboring community should immediately shelter in place and secure the room they are in.” Text messages were also sent out to students on campus at about 8:30 p.m. Monday.
“Secure in place immediately,” the messages said. “Run, hide, fight.” The shooting at MSU comes 14 months after a lone shooter shot and killed four students and wounded six students and a teacher at Oxford High School.
Law enforcement was setting up a unified command post at the Cowles House on campus. Michigan State Police, Meridian Township police, the Ingham County Sheriff’s office plus its regional special response team joined MSU campus police on campus. At about 9:40 p.m., someone yelled from a campus dormitory window: “Did you catch him yet?” (SOURCE)
