On February 15, 2024, Montana State University in Bozeman ordered its entire campus to shelter in place after a lower-level employee being dismissed from his job told a family member he had loaded all his guns and was ready to 'take out anyone with him.' Police located the man inside Norm Asbjornson Hall and took him into custody just after 2 p.m.; he had no firearms on him at the time. MSU Police Chief Frank Parrish said he could not recall another full shelter-in-place order ever being issued by the university.
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Campus Alert Archive. "Montana State University: Armed person report, February 15, 2024." Incident of February 15, 2024. Added May 2026; last updated September 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/montana-state-university-shelter-in-place-2024-02-15/
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