Someone sheltering in the bathroom at a restaurant asks 9-1-1 at 8:42 p.m. if it’s safe to come out of the building; the dispatcher says no.

Someone sheltering in the bathroom at a restaurant asks 9-1-1 at 8:42 p.m. if it’s safe to come out of the building; the dispatcher says no.

Calls from the first 45 minutes of the Feb. 13 mass shooting at Michigan State University, obtained through a public records request, came from sheltering students crammed into close quarters, concerned parents desperate for more information and dispatchers urging people to stay locked down. Here are some of those calls.

Calls from the first 45 minutes of the Feb. 13 mass shooting at Michigan State University, obtained through a public records request, came from sheltering students crammed into close quarters, concerned parents desperate for more information and dispatchers urging people to stay locked down. Here are some of those calls.

Michigan State University 9-1-1 calls

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Is it safe to leave the building?

Listen as FBI agents interrogate Surveying Solutions Inc. executive Adam Ball during a raid at the Standish company's headquarters in July 2019.

Listen as FBI agents interrogate Surveying Solutions Inc. executive Adam Ball during a raid at the Standish company's headquarters in July 2019.

FBI agents interrogate an MDOT contractor

State Rep. Gina Johnsen, R-Lake Odessa, urged people to get their church leaders involved in the 2024 election by making a comparison to the Holocaust during a speech on Sept. 28, 2024. 

State Rep. Gina Johnsen, R-Lake Odessa, urged people to get their church leaders involved in the 2024 election by making a comparison to the Holocaust during a speech on Sept. 28, 2024.

Johnsen compares Michigan to Nazi Germany 

State Rep. Gina Johnsen, R-Lake Odessa, urged people to get their church leaders involved in the 2024 election by making a comparison to the Holocaust during a speech on Sept. 28, 2024.

Is it safe to leave the building?

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