Michigan State Cancels All Athletic Events Through Wednesday After Campus Shooting

Michigan State University announced that athletic events and other campus activities including classes were canceled for 48 hours in the wake of a campus shooting Monday night.

The Spartans men's basketball team was set to host Minnesota on Wednesday, and the women's team was set to visit Purdue.

At 8:40 p.m. ET, an alert was posted online along with a shelter-in-place order stating that shots were fired at Berkey Hall on the East Lansing campus. Another shooting at a second location was later reported, including "multiple reported injuries."

According to Craig Mauger, Jakkar Aimery and Beth LeBlanc of the Detroit News, MSU Police confirmed three people were killed, while five injured people were transported to the hospital and are in critical condition.

A 43-year-old suspected gunman died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after being confronted by police. He was said not to be affiliated with MSU.

Per Dennis Romero, Lindsey Pipia and Phil Helsel of NBC News, the FBI said it was sending agents to the campus. Students reportedly received an alert that stated: "Run, Hide, Fight. Run means evacuate away from danger if you can do so safely, Hide means to secure-in-place, and Fight means protect yourself if no other option."

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called the threat of gun violence a "uniquely American problem" on Twitter in response to the shooting:

According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 67 mass shootings in the United States since the start of 2023. The GVA considers any shooting in which four or more people, not including the shooter, are killed to be a mass shooting.