students hiding in a classroom. reacting to a knock while on the phone with police. they said don t open the door! reporter: one witness says his fight or flight response kicked in. i booked to the far side of the class and ducked down, and he came in and shot three or four times in our classroom. reporter: police released a photo of the suspect taken from campus security cameras, and a caller s tip sent them to lansing, michigan. suspect wearing bright shoes and a backpack. reporter: the search ended just before midnight. clear. shots fires 2349, subject down. reporter: police said the gunman shot himself during a confrontation with police and died. we have absolutely no idea what the motive was at this point. we can confirm that the
cnn s adrienne broaddus. multiple ambulances. reporter: the gunman first opened fire on the campus monday, just before 8:30 p.m. oh, my god. there s still people down there trying to get out. reporter: shooting at two locations, the first inside a classroom at berkey hall. while the officers were managing that scene at berkey hall, we began receiving additional reports of another shooting at the msu union building. i m coming down stairwell 13 about seven people. reporter: new video show students hiding in a classroom. reacting to a knock while on the phone with police. they said don t open the door. reporter: one witness says his fight or flight response kicked in. i looked to the far side of the class and ducked down and he came in and shot three or four times in our classroom.
chapter of his fraternity. a junior was also from grosse pointe. it touched our community not once but not twice. verner also a junior and star athlete at her high school. she was special. and that s what we honor. we re struggling here at the high school. al was an incredible person. she lived through two school shootings. one at msu and one at oxford high school in 2021. this can t possibly happen again. there is no way. you know, i m an engineer. there is no way. and then you say well it did. so what does that mean? what it means is that we re failing people like my daughter. we re failing students. reporter: this as new video shows the moments students were hiding in a classroom. [ beep ] get down! they said don t open the door! reacting to a knock while on the phone with police.
we begin this hour in east lansing michigan. the community is mourning three college students killed in a mass shooting and praying for five others still in the hospital. we have new video showing students at michigan state university hiding from the gunman in the classroom. it s stupid. they already evacuated the other room. [screaming] get the [bleep] down. they said don t open the door. get that [bleep] down. terrifying moments there, and police don t know what motivated the gunman to open fire on the sprawling campus. then later take his own life. they say he had a history of mental health issues. east lansing s mayor ron bacon says he s had enough conversations. it s time to make it more difficult for dangerous individuals to have weapons.
sure that the police. make them slide their idea under the door, make sure you hear the radio, for multiple voices. if you have any doubt call 9-1-1, don t open the door. ask for the name of the officer, i killer can disguise himself saves the. police don t just open the door weight, be cautious, be smart, stay together, report anything use the. usually, these things are over in a matter of minutes, and the campuses swarming with police, so that s a good sign. jim, you just give him valuable advice to the set thousands of students who live at that campus. there are thousands upon thousands of parents out there, around the country. of course, primarily in michigan, who have their kids who at that university right now. would you say to the parents right now about what they re watching on television. her it s very stressful to watch this if you have children on the campus, i loved one