available to us right now. you? are there plans to close campus beyond the 48 hour limit? so, at this point, we are declaring that campus will be closed for 48 hours. that is the current status right now. that is subject to change as we evaluate our response to this incident, keeping the victims and the students of our community who have been impacted by this tragedy at the forefront. if we need to extend that, we will. and that appropriate conversations are occurring to make those determinations right now. sir? can you confirm that the suspect in the photos is the same person that was dead? i can confirm that the photograph that we pushed out immediately, as part of our transparent information sharing is the same suspect that was found deceased. yes. sir? i just wonder, can parents
and they gotta notify next of kin. they got students all about the campus, either locked in. or as shawn was saying, out in the cold, waiting out there. running, leaving their stuff behind. so, they want to close this well. because of course, the students want to go back. the schools gonna be closed for two days, for up to two days, so the students have to find places to go. if they don t have places to go. and parents, of course, as we ve been saying, parents are surging to the college and university. it s hard to say they should not do it. but it does cause and additional problem. so, if they re gonna close this, one hopes that certainly they want to close it right. and i will say that one thing that they may want to determine is watch for his connections, if any, to the university, to an individual who might have been harmed. we don t know if this was a random act, if it was, someone just wanted to do with, or it was a targeted individual.
incident is not known at this time. but that is something that our investigators will be interested in, and we ll be following up on, but i don t have that right now. in the back. these public buildings, are you aware if any safety mechanisms were inside, or anything like that? so we do have a robust and comprehensive safety plan on campus. like the chief, said we have a lot of buildings, and every building is built differently, constructed differently. we are gonna continue to generate security features within those buildings. in this instance, we relied very heavily on our notifications systems. we know that providing clear instructions to our community, in terms of actions to, take this very important. and that s why we push the information a very quickly, that there was an incident occurring to shelter in place
to shelter in place. certainly, terrifying moments throughout the evening, as word of the shooting spread throughout campus, you and law enforcement immediately spread out among the facilities there, to make sure everybody you as they continue to search for the, suspect which we now know has been found dead. i want to turn to maureen holiday, who s a reporter with our nbc affiliate, the i-alexa michigan, she was there the press conference. all, right maureen, for those just joining us at this, our tell us what you ve heard and what we re knowing this hour. yeah you have friends to this, what we re working on right now is police are trying to figure out the suspects affiliation with the university, like you said he was found with the self inflicted gunshot wound that he died from outside of campus, police are working so determine the motive behind the shooting. police are really just describing this whole situation
for those within our campus community and beyond. it s one point remember that the brief of some individuals may be experiencing as normal. and there are number of ways that individuals can seek support including talking with friends, families, and colleagues. after this briefing we will be sharing supportive resources through our police and public safety. social media pages that we would ask people to follow. as well as the university communications. highlighting other resources that are available in addition to the event tomorrow at the hanna community center. just a reminder. this is an ongoing investigation. that would involve multiple agencies that are currently here on campus. and some, based on expertise, that will also exist in the future. this is a process, it will take