Video: MSU Maroon Alert

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STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI)–The plan worked, MSU President Mark Keenum and MSU Police issued an all clear and at two this afternoon, students were back in class and a suspect was in custody.

There was a massive search on the MSU Campus thursday.

“They reported to us that they were on the phone with a caller that was on the drill field here at Mississippi State University. And the subject was threatening both homicide and suicide. At that time all officers immediately responded to the area,” said Chief Vance Rice/MSU Police.

Safety being the number one priority, erring on the side of caution the MSU Maroon Alert identified the person posing a credible threat to safety as a shooter on campus.

“We don’t wait around for a student or a staffer or a faculty member to be injured, we implement the policy as soon as that threat is recognized. I think every entity and agency of this size deals with it on that basis and that’s certainly why we did as well,” said Sid Salter/MSU Public Affairs.

That threat, police say, came from MSU Freshman from Madison, Fhu-Qui Kong Nguyen. They call him Bill.

“He was taken into custody without an incident. He did not have a weapon on him at the time,” said Chief Vance Rice/MSU Police.

“The good news in all of this if there is any good news in a situation like this; No weapon, no weapon at all. No shot was fired, there have been no shots fired on our campus today. No one is injured as a result of this,” said Dr. Mark Keenum/MSU President.

There is going to be drill and upgrading of procedures on response to threats like this. A Table Top Exercise is set for the next 40 days.