A suspected shooter at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss., is in custody.
The campus lockdown will be lifted at 2 p.m., according to the university.
The suspect was seen at two campus buildings, Lee Hall and Carpenter Hall, before being apprehended.
No injuries were reported, per the University’s Twitter feed.
The first alert was by the university’s emergency alert feed:
Active shooter reported at Carpenter hall. Last seen in vicinity of Lee hall. Seek Safety immediately
— MSU Maroon Alert (@maroonalert) August 27, 2015
Suspected shooter in custody. Seek safety until further notice
— MSU Maroon Alert (@maroonalert) August 27, 2015
No injuries reported at this time. They is no report at this time of any shots that have been fired.
— MSU Maroon Alert (@maroonalert) August 27, 2015
Mississippi State University has about 20,000 students and is in Starkville, Miss., a city in central Mississippi.
“They is no report at this time of any shots that have been fired.”
Apparently, with open carry, there is no way to tell an active shooter from a normal guy until he pulls the trigger.
Feeling safer now?
A guy with a gun in Mississippi…how on Earth did they single him out?
The French train heroes basically sprang into action based on the observation a guy was acting furtive and carrying an assault rifle. Tackled, gun butted, hog tied and handed over to the police. In the United States those criteria would result in several hundred people a day being jumped and hog tied. Your average Walmart would look like a WWE main event.
In the US the French train heroes would be arrested for assault and for violating someone’s second amendment rights.