Three people killed in shooting on Michigan State University campus

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At least three people were killed and several more injured after a shooting at Michigan State University, according to campus police.

University police tweeted on Monday that shots were fired in two locations – near an academic building called Berkey Hall and an athletic facility known as IM East.

Three hours after the attack began, campus police confirmed that the suspect was still at large and that five people had been wounded.

MSU police initially ordered students and staff to shelter in place after a report of shots fired around the school’s East Lansing campus.

An alert was sent shortly after 8.30pm by the university’s police department, advising students to “run, hide, fight”.

Police in the city of East Lansing, a college town near the state capital of Lansing and about 90 miles (145km) northwest of Detroit, tweeted that a single suspect, initially described as a short male wearing a mask, was at large and believed to be on foot.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was briefed on the shooting and said police were working to secure the area. “Let’s wrap our arms around the Spartan community tonight,” she wrote on Twitter, referring to the university’s athletic logo.

MSU’s flagship East Lansing campus has 50,000 graduate and undergraduate students. University police said all classes and campus activities would be canceled for the next 48 hours.

Reuters and Agence-France Presse contributed to this report