GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One day after Aquinas college went into an emergency lockdown, authorities located a man's body in a wooded area.
We're told the man's body was discovered by a dog walker in the woods at Wilcox park Thursday.
Grand Rapids Police and Aquinas Campus Safety are investigating, but police said they believe the man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Wednesday morning's emergency campus lockdown lasted 42 minutes.
Senior Director of Communications Dave DeJonge said the lockdown was issued around 8:22 a.m. after staff heard what they believed to be gunshots coming from the direction of Wilcox Park.
College staff contacted the Grand Rapids Police Department and issued the lockdown.
Police initially searched the park but did not locate any suspects or weapons in the area of the park.
The college issued the lockdown on its Twitter account around 8:30 a.m. and later lifted the lockdown shortly after 9 a.m.
Police say there is no active threat to the campus or the public.
If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, there is help available. You can call the US Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.
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