Police said Monday that there are reports of at least one dead and many injured in a campus shooting of Michigan State University, AP reported.
There is only one suspect, but it is not specified whether there are any detainees.
Police ordered students and staff to take cover after a report of shots fired around campus.
In an alert sent shortly after 8:30 p.m., campus police reported a “shots fired incident that occurred on or near the East Lansing campus.” The alert also advises students and staff to monitor alert.msu.edu for information.
The East Lansing High School auditorium, where a school board meeting was held Monday night, was locked down and people were prevented from leaving by police, the Lansing State Journal reported.
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AP later informed that The man who opened fire at the University of Michigan killed a total of three people and wounded five others before shooting himself after an hours-long manhunt. Police said the gunman was dead early Tuesday, four hours after gunfire was reported first in the Berkey Hall academic building and later in the nearby MSU Union Student Center.
“What we experienced tonight is truly a nightmare,” said Chris Roseman, interim deputy chief of campus police.
Hundreds of officers searched the campus in East Lansing, about 90 miles northwest of Detroit, looking for the suspect, described by police as a short black man with red shoes, a jean jacket and a hat. The 43-year-old man was found outside the campus, after which he committed suicide with a firearm. He was not a student or employee of the university. An investigation is pending to determine the cause of the shooting.
We remind you that this is another case of an armed attack in the country.
