american energy supply, unfortunately we have to let you go, there is breaking news and we d have to bring it. bill? bill: this is not the kind of news we want. the state of missouri, we are getting word, officials and police are searching for a gunman. seen leaving the campus of the missouri university, of science and technology. that is south of jefferson city, southwest of st. louis. as we work through information, it s not clear how many shots have been fired. but this students have been advised to stay indoors and we cannot even confirm at this point, whether or not anyone has been shot but the emergency update at the school, that hotline there is telling students to, quote, be aware that an active shooter in mcnut hall is being locked down, end quote, what the hotline says and now, an update from the web paint at the university says the shooter has apparently left the campus. and there are updates happening, right now, the last one came over at 9:10 a.m., local time which would h
can we confirm that? caller: i can t confirm any of that. bill: you are in emergency mode on campus. what does that mean? caller: that means we are trying to make sure that everyone stays safe, if they are on campus and remain locked down in their buildings, and if they are not on campus, that means avoid campus and we re trying to gather information, as best we can, to keep our campus safe. bill: thank you for your time and i know you are up against it, right now but the spokesperson down there at the university of missouri, sir, thank you, again, we are working for more information on that and when we get it, we ll pass it to you at home, 27 minutes after the hour and, hopefully it will be a-o.k. as it turns out. heather: good news, there are no classes scheduled at this time. we ll keep posted. newt gingrich, could he grab the nomination? how he feels about president obama, coming up next. his basic background is far to the left and his world view
campus to get away from police and then seen exiting a building, a building that was empty at the time because the students are now on break. his rifle found under the car and currently the man hunt for him continues in the town of rolla, missouri. he is still at large. ten minutes before the hour. we ll reach back out to the school and see what happens there. back in a moment.
caller: a classroom and lab facility. bill: were classes underway at the time. caller: no, no classes are underway now, we re on the break after the semester. bill: i see, okay, any teachers around, professors inside the building? caller: some teachers, a few students, graduate students, in labs and so forth. as well as administrative staff. bill: how did you get this report? was it called in the by a teacher? a police officer? or what. caller: we received it from the university, notified us and we sent out the notification to the campus. bill: how big is your school. caller: 7200 students but a lot are gone now, we have close to 2,000 faculty and staff combined. bill: your campus police are working with local police, i would assume, is that right. caller: yes, all the police departments, the county sheriffs department and the missouri highway patrol and missouri police. bill: one more question, if i could? is it a male?
out an emergency alert and as soon as we were getting ready to press the button on that we got the word the suspect was in one of our buildings and we update that alert, to notify the campus was on lockdown and for people to stay safe and we sent out emergency texts and e-mail alerts, and, the suspect has since exited the building, and, there are no injuries reported, and, the suspect left campus, but, the campus is still on lockdown and. bill: this is all very good information. can you say if this was a student? caller: no, i don t know. we don t know anything about the identity of the suspect at this time. bill: the building involved, i m confused on your answer, was it on or off campus? caller: the building was on campus. the suspect was originally sighted off campus and shots were fired and the suspect entered one of our buildings, mcnutt hall. bill: is that for education, learning purposes? for is that a dormitory.