A Minnesota State University Mankato student shot and killed himself Monday afternoon in the campus library.
Police were called about 4 p.m. to the library after receiving a report of a suicidal man. After searching Memorial Library, police found the 27-year-old man, a junior philosophy student, on the second floor. Police said he turned the gun on himself and shot.
Police said no one else was in any danger during the incident.
The library was open Monday evening but with access only to the lower level, first and third floors.
Mary Lynn Smith
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