What is happening at Sacramento State? Reports of shots fired during Sacramento State Hornets football game

Campus police urge people to avoid Parking Structure 3 and issue stadium shelter-in-place alert as Hornets face Mississippi Valley State Sacramento State police issued an emergency warning about reported shots fired at Sacramento State on Saturday night as the university’s Hornets football team played Mississippi Valley State at Hornet Stadium.Campus police urge people to avoid Parking Structure 3 and issue stadium shelter-in-place alert as Hornets face Mississippi Valley State (Unsplash)Social media users shared screenshots of the emergency notification and expressed concern about the situation unfolding during the football game. One post on X claimed Sacramento State’s Emergency Notification System sent an alert about “shots fired” and advised people to stay away from Parking Structure 3.What is happening at the game?The Sacramento State University Police Department issued an emergency alert around 7:35 pm warning students and visitors about a “dangerous situation” involving reported gunfire. Authorities instructed people to avoid Parking Structure 3 and issued a shelter-in-place order for the stadium area.The university’s athletics information lists Parking Structure 3 among the areas used for game-day parking.The university has not confirmed whether an active shooter was located or whether any shots were fired on campus.The university’s emergency procedures advise people inside affected areas to follow instructions from campus police and emergency personnel during safety incidents.(This is a developing story)Shirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times. She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues. Shirin has worked on a wide range of fast-moving and developing stories locally when she was at NCC editing accessible reports for the audience. Her current role requires her to track real-time updates, verify information and present balanced coverage across diverse beats. Covering US politics from an international newsroom perspective has further deepened her understanding of how domestic decisions can have far-reaching global consequences. With a keen interest in international affairs, Shirin continues to build her expertise in geopolitics, policy shifts, and cross-border developments. She aims to learn and evolve her reporting in matters of geopolitics and international issues. Outside the newsroom Shirin writes about books and music for her personal blog. She is an avid consumer of pop culture and reveres literature.Read More