Mississippi State University was on lockdown Thursday morning following reports of a gunman on campus.
MSU spokesman Sid Salter told The Associated Press in a phone interview Thursday that the person had been arrested. MSU officials said a freshman was arrested after threatening to kill himself and others. Authorities said they found no weapon, and no shots were ever fired.
The university had issued an online alert shortly after 10 a.m. saying a gunman had been reported near Carpenter Hall, which houses MSU's mechanical engineering department and overlooks the Drill Field at the heart of the 20,000-student university in Starkville. The gunman was later reported near Lee Hall, the university's main administration building.
Trevor Pounds, a 21-year-old senior marketing major at the university, told The Huffington Post he saw the suspected gunman being arrested by police.
"I never heard any gunshots," Pounds said. "But I saw people jumping out of first floor windows, hauling ass down Drill Field."
Pounds said a Maroon Alert went out 10:16 a.m. calling for a lockdown, and that a second alert went out at 10:28 a.m. stating that the situation was under control.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.