UPDATE: All clear. SDSU ends shelter-in-place after reported shots near Tailgate Area

South Dakota State University issued a campus-wide Shelter in Place alert late Saturday morning following reports of shots fired near the Tailgate Area. The initial message, sent at 11:51 a.m., instructed students and staff to remain indoors and follow safety protocols.

Minutes later, a follow-up alert declared an “ALL CLEAR,” stating that the suspect had been located and there was no longer an active threat to the individual or the SDSU campus.

Authorities later reported that responders found a vehicle near the north end of Jackrabbit Avenue with a 71-year-old man suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officers provided lifesaving care until Brookings Ambulance arrived. The man was airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital for further treatment of what officials described as life-threatening injuries.

Brookings is located approximately 45 miles northeast of Madison.

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