Three people were killed and five others were injured when a gunman opened fire on a university campus in the United States on Monday before fleeing the scene, according to local police.
According to Chris Rozman, interim deputy chief of campus police, the suspect opened fire inside a building at Michigan State University shortly after 8 p.m. local time.
The gunman then fled on foot to a nearby building, where he opened fire again.
"Three confirmed fatalities," Michigan State University police said in a Twitter statement. "This is on top of the five victims who have already been taken to the hospital."
According to Rozman, some of the injured had life-threatening injuries.
The suspect, a short Black man wearing red shoes, was photographed by police.
Police responded quickly to the scene and students and staff were ordered to shelter in place.
Officials said all campus activities will be cancelled for the next 48 hours.
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.
School and university shootings are alarmingly common as part of a broader wave of gun violence in the United States, where the proliferation of firearms has soared in recent years.