Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD/MICHIGAN: At least three people were killed and five wounded after gunfire erupted at Michigan State University as police swarmed the campus in East Lansing searching for a lone suspect.
Few official information about the gun violence was immediately available, but university police said on Twitter that shots were fired in two locations, near an academic building called Berkey Hall and the athletic facility known as IM East.
The Detroit News reported that one confirmed fatality on campus, inside Berkey Hall, citing Michigan State University spokesperson Emily Guerrant, but Reuters did not independently verify that information.
Michigan state university’s stance
“There are multiple reported injuries,” citing Michigan State University said on its official police Twitter handle. It later said that several victims were transported to a nearby hospital.
Many campus buildings had been cleared and secured nearly two hours after the gunfire was first reported on campus, MSU police said.
Police and the city of East Lansing, the college town near the state capital of Lansing and about 90 miles northwest of Detroit, tweeted that a single suspect, initially described as a short male wearing a mask, was at large and believed to be on foot.
Students, faculty, and residents in surrounding off-campus neighborhoods were urged by authorities to “shelter in place” while police searched for the suspect.
