EAST LANSING — The threat that prompted Michigan State University officials to close Berkey Hall and move classes on Sept. 3 was connected to a man who was taken into custody in Washtenaw County, officials said.
A text alert sent early Thursday morning said there was no threat to the broader campus but that the building, the site of a mass shooting in 2023, was going to be closed until further notice.
A man in Washtenaw County was taken into protective custody in connection with the threat, which referenced information about a program housed inside Berkey Hall, according to a statement on Thursday afternoon from the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety…