BILLINGS - The MSU Billings campus went into a brief lockdown Thursday while police were searching for a suspect who reportedly threatened an employee of a nearby Poly Drive business with a knife.
The university said police received the report of the man traveling on foot near campus and initiated the lockdown at 1:48 p.m.
Police with both the university and the city cleared both the library and the liberal arts building but did not find the suspect, according to MSUB. A search was then conducted through the rest of the university grounds, and the suspect was not found.
The lockdown was lifted and an all-clear alert issued at 2:06 p.m.
Police are still searching for the suspect. He was wearing a grey shirt and stood 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighed 150 pounds, according to the university.
