Michigan State University (MSU) sent out a mass alert for a shooting incident Tuesday night when, in fact, the alert was meant to be a tornado warning, WDIV Detroit reported.
According to CBS affiliate WWMT, half the campus received an alert stating there was an "active shooter" in Wilson Hall and the other half got the correct alert for a tornado warning.
It has not been reported on what could have solved such a mix-up, but University Police are currently working to fix the problem.
MLive.com reported the following message, received by half the campus, was sent at 6:10 p.m.: "THIS IS AN EMERGENCY MESSAGE from MSU POLICE, DO NOT HANG UP. There has been a shooting incident at Wilson Hall. Take shelter in a locked room. Monitor msu.edu; Public Media."
Thirty-five minutes later, a corrected alert was issued reading; "The MSU Police accidently sent a message of an active shooter on campus. THERE IS NO ACTIVE SHOOTER ON CAMPUS... THERE IS NO DANGER ON CAMPUS."
At 7:10 p.m., MSU Police confirmed on their Facebook page the mistaken shooting alert was a computer error.
"An unknown computer issue during launching of the tornado warning caused an erroneous message reference a violent incident occurring on MSU's campus. There was no violent incident," the post read. "We apologize for any undue worrying this may have caused. We are investigating the computer glitch to ensure this does not occur again."
As for the tornado warning that was meant to go through the emergency alert system, Genesee County was hit hard by thunderstorms that spawned several tornadoes.
MSU's East Lansing campus is approximately 50 miles from where tornadoes touched down around 10 p.m. Tuesday night, causing damage to many homes, trees and power lines.
There were no reported injuries Wednesday morning involving the severe weather in Michigan.