Directions from a 9-1-1- dispatcher to a group of students sheltering in the MSU Union basement at 8:35 p.m. 

Directions from a 9-1-1- dispatcher to a group of students sheltering in the MSU Union basement at 8:35 p.m.

“Do not open that door.”

A caller with no additional information reports at 8:34 p.m. that they saw something on the internet about a shooting at MSU.

A caller with no additional information reports at 8:34 p.m. that they saw something on the internet about a shooting at MSU.

Saw something on Facebook

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.

Is it safe to leave the building?

An 8:34 p.m. call to 9-1-1- from someone who heard gunshots while walking outside of Kedzie Hall, then sought shelter in the bathroom of the building. 

An 8:34 p.m. call to 9-1-1- from someone who heard gunshots while walking outside of Kedzie Hall, then sought shelter in the bathroom of the building.

Report of gunshots outside Kedzie Hall

A dispatcher gives sheltering instructions to a group of students hiding in a conference room in the MSU Union at 8:27 p.m.

A dispatcher gives sheltering instructions to a group of students hiding in a conference room in the MSU Union at 8:27 p.m.

“Can we push something in front of the door?”

A parent whose daughter is on a bus toward campus asks a 9-1-1 dispatcher what she should tell her daughter to do at 8:42 p.m.

A parent whose daughter is on a bus toward campus asks a 9-1-1 dispatcher what she should tell her daughter to do at 8:42 p.m.

Concerned parent

Parents whose son is “hiding in the bushes” near the Union seek more information about what he should do at 8:39 p.m.

Parents whose son is “hiding in the bushes” near the Union seek more information about what he should do at 8:39 p.m.

“He’s hiding somewhere”

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.

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