A person was shot at Illinois State University's Bone Student Center on Sunday evening, prompting university officials to issue an emergency alert and a call for students to avoid the area, according to NBC Chicago. The alert, which came initially just before 8 p.m., advised students to stay clear of the intersection of University and Locust streets and that the police were on the lookout for a suspect described as a "slender black male 5'10”, with black afro hair style, wearing all black," last seen heading south from University and College Streets.
In their continued coverage, Chicago Sun-Times reported that an initial emergency alert was issued at 7:55 p.m. the alerts continued well into the evening with the most recent at 9:22 p.m. stating the student center was closed though no shelter-in-place order was declared for the rest of the ISU campus the suspect in question was further labeled as "armed/dangerous."
While the Bone Student Center was closed immediately after the incident, ISU officials declared that Monday classes would proceed as normal and that counseling services would be available to students at the Student Services Building as reported by NBC Chicago. The school's response included an open call for any eyewitnesses or those with information to assist in the ongoing investigation, making use of the ISU Police email [email protected] or their contact number 309-438-8631.
The condition of the injured individual, who is not an ISU student, was not disclosed by officials; however, the incident, which took place during a registered student organization event at the student center, has heightened concerns surrounding campus safety the university.
