police? are you hearing from the michigan state community? absolutely. i ve spoken with the chair of faculty senate. i m the vice chair of faculty senate. i was spoken with my colleagues, in academic governance, i spoke with other faculty members, have reach out to me, we were all just trying to remain connected, now to the situation, intern courage each other and to our parents, where worrying, i totally and understand that i to have a sunday michigan state university. we want our parents to know, that we are doing everything within our power, to make sure that their babies are safe. do you feel safe right now? do you think your son is safe? i do believe that our students, are following the guidelines. they are sheltering in place. and for that, i m grateful.
building in close proximity, to the michigan state union building. but there is another report of a shooting, immediately following the first incident. police, and emergency responders, acted quickly. we tended to the victims, at both of those scenes, and there was an overwhelming law enforcement response, to campus, to help the situation. i can confirm that there were at least five victims. all five victims were transported to the hospital. some of those victims do have life-threatening injuries. a suspect in this incident, and we believe there to be one suspect, was last seen leaving the msu union on foot, on the north side of the belt that
killers are at large. and hopefully that picture, look at loose some information, that will lead investigators to get to this killer, and as frank said stop the killing. as an unseen commander on these things, the main thing we need to do to stop the killings. that s the first thing you want to, do is stop the killing. if you get him barricaded in one place, even if he s barricaded and shooting at the police. even if he stays barricaded for two days, at least the killing of stopped, we can evacuate all around him, and he s not gonna win that gunfight. who the cutest of stop the killing, and whether that s apprehended, preferably, or you might have to shoot him, wound him, or kill him. that s what is on the tip of the commanders mind, it s to stop any of the killings going on in east lansing, indeed the public s health, hopefully it comes up to the photos released. we re waiting for that photograph, we re waiting for surveillance video, when i take a quick break, our breaking news cov
police just confirm moments ago, that there are three confirms fatalities, and addition to the five victims are in the hospital right now. some with life-threatening injuries. and you, know i m sorry stephanie, your son is safe where he is. is he with? you know, he s not, he s in his apartment. and for those who are trying to get a sense, these dorms, our dorm secure, our dorms easily locked? you know in the campus, and i realize you re not on campus, you re not a law enforcement expert. but for those who are saying, my kids, my teens, they re in their dorm room, are these buildings safe? i think that under these circumstances, law enforcement is doing everything within their power, to ensure that people are safe. and that under these circumstances, that they stay safe. and so i feel confident in that
underway for the shooter, campus police say there were multiple injuries, officials have placed shooters on lockdown, and they ve asked them to shelter in place. the fbi and atf say they re also sustain investigation. michigan governor gretchen whitmer, tweeted that she s been briefed on the shooting, alyssa scott and who represents the area tweets that she and her team are moment to moment contact with local officials. the shooting comes as we were just one hour away from mark in five years since a deadly shooting a mass shooting that took the lives of 17 innocent people. dana griffin is following this for us tonight. dana, walk us through, what is the situation on campus right now, and we have any idea how this started? so, stephanie, we are waiting for a press conference