UPDATE: MSU issued an all clear stating that classes and normal campus operations will resume at 2 p.m.
Earlier, a Maroon Alert was issued following reports of an active shooter near Carpenter Hall, according to the Mississippi State University’s official feed for emergency and advisory information.
The suspected shooter is in custody. Officials have identified him as Fhu-Qui Cong Nguyen. WREG reports that Nguyen called a Jackson, Mississippi office making threats shortly before 10:30 a.m.
The school was notified and issued an ‘active shooter’ alert as a precaution.
Minutes later Nguyen, a freshman from Madison, was taken into custody.
Both school police and the Mississippi Highway Patrol say no shots were fired and Nguyen did not have a gun.
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