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Michigan State University (MSU) police say multiple people have been reported injured in shootings on campus.
The police made the statement on Monday night on Twitter, saying there appeared to be only one suspect. They did not say if anyone was in custody.
MSU police had ordered students and staff to shelter in place after a report of shots fired around the school’s East Lansing campus.
An alert was sent shortly after 8.30pm by the university’s police department, advising students to “run, hide, fight”.
MSU police confirmed the shooting in a series of tweets.
MSU ALERT: There have been shots fired near Berkey Hall on the East Lansing campus. Please secure-in-place immediately. Police are active on scene. More information to follow. pic.twitter.com/xa4KlwXJWN
— MSU Police and Public Safety (@msupolice) February 14, 2023UPDATE: The suspect is believed to be on foot right now. Community members on and off campus should continue to shelter in place. Police are continuing to respond. pic.twitter.com/FIUligmEBC
— MSU Police and Public Safety (@msupolice) February 14, 2023According to the Detroit Free Press, the East Lansing high school auditorium, where a school board meeting was being held on Monday night, is locked down and people, including a State Journal reporter, were being prevented by police from leaving.
Police and the city of East Lansing, a college town near the state capital of Lansing and about 90 miles north-west of Detroit, tweeted that a single suspect was at large and believed to be on foot.
MSU is a major public institution of higher education whose flagship East Lansing campus accounts for 50,000 graduate and undergraduate students.
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