Video: One Student in Custody After Scare on Mississippi State Campus

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MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Mississippi State University student is in custody tonight, after a report of an active shooter on campus.

Phu-Qui Cong “Bill” Nguyen is being charged with disorderly conduct.

A Maroon alert was issued on the Starkville campus Thursday morning, after reports about a person with erratic behavior. He was apparently threatening suicide and harm against other people.

Now Nygyen, a freshman from Madison, will be referred to a medical facility for what the university calls a routine mental and psychological evaluation.

University officials say they’re glad the situation wasn’t worse.

“He was taken into custody without an incident. he did not have a weapon on him at the time.”

“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.”