All clear given at Metropolitan State University after ‘active violence’ alert is issued
KSTP 5 Eyewitness News
[{'start': '0.533', 'end': '4.270', 'text': "TRACK THIS SITUATION. AND NOW TO  THIS CASE, A YOUNG MAN IS IN  JAIL TONIGHT ACCUSED OF FIRING  MULTIPLE SHOTS AT A CAR WITH HIS  MOTHER INSID.  >> AND THIS ALL HAPPENED THIS  AFTERNOON NEAR METRO STATE  UNIVERSITY IN SAINT PAUL. AND IT  SENT THAT SCHOOL INTO LOCKDOWN.  ALEX JOKIC JOINS US THERE LIVE  AFTER TALKING TO STUDENTS AND  NEIGHBORS. AND WHAT WAS REALLY  JUST VERY SCARY MOMENTS ALEX.  >> IT WAS PAUL AND LEAH BUT ALL  QUIET TONIGHT. POLICE SAY THE  THREAT IS NOW OVER AND A 22 YEAR  OLD MAN WILL SOON BE FACING  CHARGES. IT ALL HAPPENED RIGHT  HERE WHERE I'M STANDING RIGHT  NOW. A NEIGHBOR TELLS ME HE  WATCHED THAT SUSPECT FIRE SIX  SHOTS ALONG THIS ROAD AND EVEN  LOCKED EYES WITH HIM AFTERWARDS.  TAKE A LISTEN.  >> I JUST HEARD THE SHOT, AND  THEN BAM, BAM, BAM BAM BAM. AND  THEN I. I WAS LOOKING OUT AT HIM  AND HE LOOKED UP AND THEN WALKED  AWAY. THAT WAS IT.  >> I GOT A CALL SAYING THAT  THERE'S AN ACTIVE SHOOTER NEAR  METRO, NEAR FOUNDER HALL, AND I  WAS LIKE, OH GOD. CERTAINLY  SPARKED SOME TENSE MOMENTS FOR  STUDENTS IN THE MIDST OF THEIR  FINAL EXAMS.  >> THEY GOT A NOTIFICATION  AROUND 1230 THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT  AN ACTIVE VIOLENCE NEAR CAMPUS,  TELLING THEM TO RUN OR HIDE AS  THE SCHOOL LOCKED DOWN, POLICE  TELL US THE 22 YEAR OLD S SUSPET  GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS MOTHER  AT THEIR HOME A FEW BLOCKS AWAY,  AND WHEN SHE GOT INTO HER CAR,  HE PULLED OUT A HANDGUN AND  STARTED FIRING OFF SHOTS. THE  CAR DID GET HIT BY BULLETS, BUT  THE WOMAN WAS NOT HURT. POLICE  ARRESTED THE YOUNG MAN A SHORT  TIME LATER. A FEW BLOCKS AWAY.  WE WERE ON CAMPUS AS THE  LOCKDOWN FINALLY GOT LIFTED.  AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF  STUDENTS HIDING IN CLASSROOMS.  AS YOU CAN SEE, PEOPLE NERVOUSLY  WALKING TO THEIR CARS, SOME  ESCORTED BY CAMPUS SECURITY. WE  ALSO TALKED TO THE UNIVERSITY  VICE PRESIDENT. HE SAYS THEY  HAVE NOT SEEN SOMETHING LIKE  THIS IN A VERY LONG TIME, NOTING  IT WAS A GOOD TEST OF THEIR  SECURITY PLAN.  >> IT'S ALWAYS A TEST. WE ALWAYS  LOOK FOR IMPROVEMENTS. EVERY  OPPORTUNITY WE CAN, SO WE WILL  DO A DETAILED AFTER ACTION ON  THIS SITUATION AND MAKE SURE  THAT WE MAKE ALL THE  IMPROVEMENTS TO ENSURE SAFETY  FOR OUR OUR CAMPUS.  >> AGAIN, ALL CLEAR ON CAMPUS  HERE TONIGHT. POLICE SAY THEY  DID FIND THAT HANDGUN DURING  THEIR SEARCH TODAY. AND THE  SUSPECT IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD  IN JAIL ON AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT  CHARGE, ALTHOUGH THEY DO BELIEVE  MORE CHARGES ARE LIKELY IN THIS  CASE"}]