Update, Tuesday 1:15 p.m.: The victim, a 23-year-old male student was cut off at a light on South Shaw Lane and Red Cedar Road by the 21-year-old male suspect, who honked his horn at the suspect. The suspect then turned around and pulled out a weapon.
"He did not point it at the individual, but he did display it," Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
At 8:04 p.m. Monday the first alert went out and at 9:25 the second alert was sent. The crime was classified under road rage after the victim gave a description of the car to police.
The suspect is currently in MSU police custody, although he has not yet been arraigned and his name has not been released.
A report of a motorist evidently brandishing a firearm on campus prompted an alert from MSU police Monday evening.
The alert describes the report as "a person displaying gun from vehicle at Shaw/Farm during a road rage incident."
The suspect is described as a black male in a blue or black Chevrolet Impala, per the alert, and left the scene southbound on Farm Lane.
Police are urging students to contact them with any further information.
Update: MSU police have taken the motorist in question into custody and have recovered the firearm involved, according to the latest alert.
MSU police did not respond to requests for further information. This post will be updated as more information is provided.
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