us. and mayor sure has a few words that he d like to bring. tonight has been horrific. it s been horrific for all of the students here and around the region. schools are being closed. this is affected our whole region, our whole community. it is affected families. everyone across our community. i see community because tonight, our entire region came together. we have law enforcement. we have firefighters, and ems. we have hemus and first responder from all over michigan. from all over michigan. we have to call and rushed to campus to help. i ve been in constant contact with iran bacon. east lansing. who s at the police station. he wants to be here in the police station coordinating along with the chief. with the state police. along with the county and several others. we know that now we have to come together to heal. lansing will provide resources and conjunction with michigan
i cannot confirm residency status of the suspect at this time. any update on the weapon that was used? no, we do not have a current update, in terms of the weapon types of his used. that will be part of our investigation, obviously, and will work through that. who will share information when we re able to. please understand that we may have initial information, before we show, that we want to make sure it s accurate. so that s part of the process that we re working through the investigation, isn t confirming the accuracy of information, which is why we want to be mindful of that, as we share information. can you confirm the suspect had on them at the time. backpack, more ammunition, another weapon? i cannot confirm what the suspect had on him at the time of the incident off campus.
michigan state university did not seem to have any affiliation with the university. authorities also confirming he was found dead from that self-inflicted gunshot wound off campus. his name has not yet been released to the public. but we are getting reports at the michigan state police bomb squad is outside the home of that suspected shooter. officials though yet to confirm this activity. police say the first shots were fired around 8:18 martha maccallum on the northened of campus on burke hall. opened fire at the student center just down the road. body found inside each building. police say both buildings on campus were easily accessible to the public and did not require any special access. one student recording an absolutely terrifying video. there it is on your screen from his dorm as he watches students run for their lives. another student recalling the terrifying moment he realized this was not a drill. we got an email from michigan
gonna receive another update around 1:30 this morning. so in just under half an, hour we should be receiving another update, police say that their investigation will most likely continue throughout the night, of, course we are going to be here throughout the night, just waiting for these hourly updates the police have been given us. , now i m reporting live in east lansing, , moreno and ask, you given that there is so much tension in the past several hours in this community, on campus, with word of the shooting, with where the suspect may still be out there. talk about it now, especially given the fact that this shelter in place has now been lifted. and the overall sense what may be going through the community right now. , yeah i think the community really just had, a breath of relief, when we found out that, the shooter was no longer a threat to the public, it s
more people than they need on campus because they re looking for this suspect right now they the students on campus are told to shelter in place. um and again five people were shot by an individual on campus. the shooter is still envelope on the loose. there are state local and federal floridis. they re looking for this individual who is a black male shortened stature with a red cap. five people have been shot. all have been located. all have been transported to hospitals to our with life threatening injuries at this point um, again, the authorities are telling a people on the campus to shelter in place. um there have been a lot of false reports. and so they re asking people to only pay attention to the officers feed that they re putting out there was a press conference. they will have more information in about an hour. but this is the information we have right now that there is a suspect a shooter on the loose at the campus of michigan state university. and police officers