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| A gunman fatally shot two people at a Central Michigan University residence hall on Friday morning, sending police officers swarming to the campus and setting off a search for the gunman. | |
| The episode rattled nerves at Central Michigan, where details of the shooting were released slowly. The shooting came just over two weeks after 17 people were killed at a high school in Parkland, Fla., and amid a national conversation about gun control and gun rights. On the Central Michigan campus, in Mount Pleasant, about 150 miles northwest of Detroit, students were told to shelter in place or stay off campus. All public buildings and schools in Mount Pleasant were placed in lockdowns. | The episode rattled nerves at Central Michigan, where details of the shooting were released slowly. The shooting came just over two weeks after 17 people were killed at a high school in Parkland, Fla., and amid a national conversation about gun control and gun rights. On the Central Michigan campus, in Mount Pleasant, about 150 miles northwest of Detroit, students were told to shelter in place or stay off campus. All public buildings and schools in Mount Pleasant were placed in lockdowns. |
| University officials said the two victims were not students, and that the incident appeared to be domestic in nature. City police officers were seeking a 19-year-old who they warned was “armed and dangerous.” | University officials said the two victims were not students, and that the incident appeared to be domestic in nature. City police officers were seeking a 19-year-old who they warned was “armed and dangerous.” |
| The search for the gunman was continuing late Friday morning. | |
| Sgt. Jim Ciochetto of the Michigan State Police said state troopers, local police, university police and sheriff’s deputies were at the scene, and the State Police crime lab was on its way. Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were also traveling to the crime scene, and Michigan’s governor and attorney general said they were following the situation. | Sgt. Jim Ciochetto of the Michigan State Police said state troopers, local police, university police and sheriff’s deputies were at the scene, and the State Police crime lab was on its way. Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were also traveling to the crime scene, and Michigan’s governor and attorney general said they were following the situation. |