to msu police, there is no longer a threat on campus, and no need to shelter in place. certainly, terrifying moments throughout the evening, as word of the shooting spread throughout campus, and law enforcement immediately spread out among the facilities, or to make sure everybody was safe, and it is okay, 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, wilx in michigan, she was at the press conference. all right maria, and for those joining us this hour, tell us what you ve, heard and what we know in this hour. yeah, francis, what we re working on right now, police are trying to figure out the suspects affiliation with the university, like he said, he was found with the self inflicted gunshot wound, they died from outside of campus. police are working to determine
hang heavy. this is a day of shock and heartbreak, across our campus and our region. it s something that is quite unimaginable but has been imagined in other places and other times but we just can t imagine that it s here. we are devastated at the loss of life and we want to wrap our warm arms around every family that is touched by this tragedy and give them the peace and passive understanding a moments like this. our campus grieves. we will all grief. and we will change overtime. we cannot allow this to continue to happen again. and we are getting the statement from chris brown, president of brady united against gun violence and i m quoting here. just as we are recognizing the
waited, because one of our students was waiting for their mom or dad pick them up. and i never leave my kids there. you know, just leaving them. and we re just having a little momsen bonding time. and i dropped him off at his apartment. and headed home. so i think he also is stunned. it s stunned. as ours roommates. everyone. we both are very fortunate that you had each other there on campus. and could comfort each other. face to face. in person. i can imagine thousands of students cannot. thousands of parents cannot. and that comfort has to be over the phone. after all of this. how will this change how you go about your day? and everything that you do. are we hearing that let me turn to this is msu
died from the shooting. five people are in the hospital, some with life-threatening injuries, serious injuries. it s happening in two locations on campus at berkeley hall and the adjacent msu union. as you can see here, the podium is they re getting ready to update us again. we are expecting a press conference from michigan state university. and the next ten minutes to update us on the fatal shooting on campus that happened earlier this evening. a little after 8:00. local time. we know that three people have died from the shooting. five people are in the hospital, some with life-threatening injuries, serious injuries. it s happening in two locations on campus at berkeley hall and the adjacent msu union.
police say the suspect in a mass shooting on the campus of michigan state university is dead. at least three people were killed and five others are hospitalized in critical condition. this was the scene on monday while the suspected shooter was still on the loose. police say there is no longer a threat to the campus and the shelter in place order has been lifted. authorities say the suspected shooter apparently took his own life. they released this photo from earlier. police told reporters he was a 43 year old man who had no affiliation with the university. still no word of a possible motive. ukraine s defense minister is laying out his agenda ahead of a meeting with nato defense ministers set to begin in brussels in the coming hours. he will be pushing key issues including protecting ukrainian skies, building the tech