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The two buildings at the center of Monday evening’s shootings on the campus of Michigan State University are accessible to the general public during business hours, police said in an early morning news conference Tuesday.

Michigan State University Department of Public Safety Interim Deputy Chief Chris Rozman said Berkey Hall, where the first shooting occurred, is an academic building where activities were occurring. The second building, the student union, is similarly open to the general public and doesn’t require any special access, according to Rozman.

MSU Vice President for Public Safety and Chief of Police Marlon Lynch said responding to the shooting was a “monumental task” due in part to the size of the campus.

The suspect seen on surveillance footage on Tuesday night.

The suspect in Monday night’s shootings at Michigan State University had no affiliation with the school, police said during an early morning news conference Tuesday.

Chris Rozman, Interim Deputy Chief with the Michigan State University Department of Public Safety, said the suspect was a 43-year-old man with no ties to MSU.

Police did not provide any other details about the suspect.

Rozman said earlier that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and authorities were yet to establish a motive.

Three people were killed and five others injured in the shootings, according to police.

Michigan State University Interim Deputy Police Chief Chris Rozman, center, joins law enforcement officials while addressing the media early Tuesday.

A shelter-in-place order has been lifted for Michigan State University students and the surrounding community following Monday night’s deadly shootings on campus, Interim Deputy Police Chief Chris Rozman said.

Three people were killed and five others injured in the shootings, according to police.

Rozman is encouraging any student who witnessed any part of the incident to contact MSU Police.

He said earlier that the suspect, whose identity is unknown, had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities are yet to establish a motive, he added.

An ambulance is seen at Michigan State University late Monday night.

The bodies of three victims killed in Monday night’s shooting at Michigan State University were found in two separate locations, police said.

During an early morning news conference, Michigan State University Department of Public Safety Interim Deputy Chief Chris Rozman said two of those killed were located at Berkey Hall and the third fatality was found at the student union.

It is unclear where the five injured victims were shot, Rozman said.

Police initially received calls of a shooting at Berkey Hall. Rozman later confirmed in a news conference Monday evening that shots were also fired at the student union.

Rozman was unable to provide specific details on the exact number of students in those buildings at the time of the shooting.

Rozman said earlier that the suspect, whose identity is unknown, had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities are yet to establish a motive, he added.

Chris Rozman holds a news conference in Lansing, Michigan on February 13.

The motive for Monday night’s deadly shootings on the campus of Michigan State University is unknown, police said.

Rozman said earlier that the suspect, whose identity is unknown, had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Three people were killed and five others injured in the shootings, police said.

Authorities have not yet identified the suspect in the deadly shooting on the campus of Michigan State University, police said.

MSU police are working to try and identify the suspect and his connection to the university.

Chris Rozman, Deputy Interim Chief with the Michigan State University Department of Public Safety said earlier that the suspect had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Three people were killed and five others were injured in Monday night’s shootings, according to police.

The identities of the victims are not being released at this time, Rozman said.

Police are on scene where the suspected shooter was killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound after midnight on Tuesday

The suspect in the shooting incident at Michigan State University has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, MSU police said.

Three people were killed and five others were injured in Monday night’s shootings, according to police.

The identities of the victims are not being released at this time, Rozman said.

A Michigan State University student described the terrifying scene as people ran out of the MSU Union building Monday night after shots were fired on campus.

Student Chris Trush told CNN he was watching TV just after 8:00 p.m. in his apartment when he saw two police cars speeding down Grand River Avenue.

Shortly after, he said he saw a fire truck and a number of ambulances also speed down the street.He later saw people running outside of the Union building shortly before an emergency alert went out to students warning them of a shooting on campus.

Having seen the ambulance and fire engine, he said it didn’t quite click what was happening and though maybe it was a fire.But when he saw dozens of police officers begin to swarm the area, armed with rifles, he realized it was a shooting.

At 8:31 p.m., Trush said he received a text from the university, warning him of the shooting.A minute later, he received an email alert from MSU saying the same thing.

He then locked his door and back at the window, saw droves of police arriving.

There’s still a significant police presence outside his apartment — about 30 police cars, he said.

He said it’s a scary feeling knowing the alleged shooter remains at large.

“I’m obviously not going to go outside for the next couple of days,” he said.

At least three people have died and five others were injured aftershots were fired at two locations at Michigan State University, prompting shelter-in-place orders amid a search for the suspect, campus police said.

MSU Police Interim Deputy Chief Chris Rozman confirmed in a news conference on Monday evening that the Union was the second location where shots were fired.

Three people died in Monday’s mass shooting on the Michigan State University campus, the police said Monday night.

This is in addition to the five injured victims who are being treated at a local hospital.

The Michigan State University police released the first images of a suspected gunman in the campus shooting Monday.

The suspect, believed to be a short man wearing red shoes and a jean jacket, was last seen leaving the MSU union building on the north side of the building immediately after the shooting.

Police ride an armored vehicle at Michigan State University in East Lansing.

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At least five people were wounded in the shooting Monday night at Michigan State University, Interim Deputy Police Chief Chris Rozman said Monday at a news conference.

Some of the victims have “life-threatening injuries,” he said.

Police initially got calls at 8:18 p.m. of a shooting at Berkey Hall on campus, Rozman said. Numerous officers responded and located several victims.

Police then received reports of a shooting at a nearby building, the university union building, he said.

The police acted quickly and tended to the victims at both of the scenes, the deputy police chief said.

The suspect, believed to be a short man, was last seen leaving the MSU union building on the north side of the building.

Rozman cautioned that there was a lot of misinformation – via social media and other means – about the incident and advised people to follow the police department’s official Twitter account for accurate information.

Gabe Treutel, a freshman at Michigan State University, told CNN he and his roommates are hunkered down and are listening to police scanners as the shooting incident on campus continues.

Treutel says he was just sitting at his desk in his West Akers dorm room, taking a quiz for his chemistry lab when he received an email alert from the university warning him of shots being fired on campus.

That’s when he and his roommates turned on a local police scanner being broadcast online.Although police scanners are useful tools for monitoring police movements and activity during situations like these, they often contain unconfirmed and ultimately proven false reports of shooters and shots being fired.

CNN cannot confirm there were shots fired at that dorm, and is not naming it at this time.Treutel said that he did not hear any gunshots.

“That was really scary,” he said.

Treutel and his dorm mates began barricading their door, just in case a shooter came inside.

That’s when he began looking out the window and saw a number of police cars and police carrying long rifles.

Treutel heard another call on the scanner saying there was a report the shooter at another dorm, about a block away.CNN cannot confirm there were shots fired at that dorm and is not naming it at this time.

Treutel said that he did not hear any gunshots, then, either.

Moments later, after he says police “cleared” the entrance to the West Akers dorm, Treutel captured a rush of students flooding out of its entrance.

Some background: At a news briefing Monday night, Interim Deputy Police Chief Chris Rozman cautioned that there was a lot of misinformation about additional shootings being shared on social media and via police scanners. “We strongly encourage you tofollow the accurate information,” he said.

East Lansing Public Schools Superintendent Dori Leyko announced the school district will not be holding classes on Tuesday.

Leyko and other members of the school board were holding a regular meeting on Monday night – but due to the police activity, they have been in lockdown.

Leyko also said police officers are coming to the meeting to help get members to their cars if they deem it safe for people to leave.

Ambulances line up on Michigan State University's campus on Monday night.

Sparrow Hospital is treating five victims after the shooting at Michigan State University Monday, according to a hospital spokesperson.

The victims are in the emergency room, spokesperson John Foren said.

He would not comment on the severity of the injuries nor would he comment on whether or not there are any fatalities.

All campus activities at Michigan State University are canceled for 48 hours, campus police tweeted Monday night.

Activities include athletics, classes and all campus-related activities, police tweeted.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson described the heartbreak and horror at Michigan State University as “unfathomable.”

First responders prepare to sweep Snyder Hall at Michigan State University.

Several buildings on the Michigan State University have been cleared, police said Monday night.

Brody Hall, Snyder/Phillips Hall, Mason Hall, Abbot Hall, Landon Hall, the MSU Union and Berkey Hall have been secured, police tweeted.

At least one person is dead and multiple others have been injured following Monday’s shooting on campus. The gunman is still at large, police said.

Michigan State University police tweeted that the suspected gunman is “a short male with a mask.”

Police have been searching for the gunman since shots erupted on campus at around 8:30 p.m. ET.

Victims are being taken to Sparrow Hospital, police tweeted.

MSU student Nithya Charles said Monday she was sheltering in place in a lounge area of Campbell Hall, a dormon the north side of campus.

“We’re not learning very much so much,” Charles told CNN’s Erin Burnett, explaining that she’s sheltering with about 30 other people. She said she did not hear any gunshots herself, but said some of her co-workers heard shots.

“Everyone is obviously kind of stressed, but seems to be calm now,” Charles said.

Emergency vehicles sit on Michigan State University's campus as police search for an active shooter on Monday night.

There is one fatality from the shooting inside Berkey Hall on the Michigan State University campus, university spokesperson, Emily Gerkin Guerrant, told the Detroit News.

Michigan State University police tweeted Monday that “there are multiple injuries” in the shooting on campus.

The shooter is still at large, police said..

Personnel from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives are responding “to an active shooter” at Michigan State University, the agency’s Detroit field officeposted tosocial media.

Special agents from the FBI are also responding to assist, a spokesperson from the bureau’s Detroit office told CNN.

Michigan State University Police and Public Safety tweetedon Monday evening that shots were fired on the campus in East Lansing.

The tweet advises people to “secure-in-place immediately.” Police are active on the scene.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she is being briefed on the shooting reported at Michigan State University Monday.

Police are responding to another shooting with multiple reported injuries at the IM East gymnasium at Michigan State University,according to a tweet from the Michigan State University Police.

Police later tweeted “it appears there is only one suspect at this time.”

First responders at the scene on Monday night.

A suspect involved in the incident on Michigan State University’s campus is on the run,according to a tweet from the Michigan State University Police.

Community members on and off campus are being advised to continue to shelter in place, police said.