On Monday some Students’ Association senators questioned the wording of a timely warning that was sent to the campus community just before the football game last Saturday.

At 11:50 a.m., the timely warning subject line, sent campus-wide, read, “SDSU Shots Fired – Tailgate Area – Shelter in Place,” which was the entire message.

David Overby, vice president for technology and security at SDSU, spoke at Monday’s weekly Students’ Association meeting in the Student Union. He was asked about the timely warning by senators.

Sen. Dominic Delahoyde questioned the wording used in the timely warning. He asked Overby if officials are looking into making any changes to the process and how they word the warnings.

He described Saturday’s initial timely warning as a “panic-ensuing message.”

“I don’t know. I just feel like in my mind, putting shots fired, that’s just instantly going to cause panic and is not necessarily going to cause the right response for students,” Delahoyde said.

Because of the Clery Act, university officials are required to put out a timely warning right away after an incident, so that they warn the campus and make sure people are aware of the situation, Overby said.

“So, they put out the information that they feel that they can put out at that time, based on what they know,” Overby said.

On Saturday, nine minutes after the first warning, at 11:59 a.m., a timely warning was sent by university officials saying, “SDSU All Clear. The shots fired at tailgate is all clear. Incident of self-harm that occurred off campus. No shooter on campus. All clear. Please resume normal business activity.”

Overby said, “And then, in this specific situation, they did respond and do an all clear about 10 minutes later.”

During that period, people took to social media to express concern and offer prayers.

Despite the fact that the first timely warning was soon followed up by an “all-clear,” Sen. Benjamin Anderson asked why there was a lack of details on the first message.

“When you put out a warning to the campus that there was shots fired at a football game, and then, they came out and said, ‘Oh, that was off campus. That wasn’t a real thing.’ But you had people running, and chaos and sheltering. Do you think there was a lack of detailing and communication there with that?” Anderson said.

Anderson also questioned why this incident was not included on the daily crime log. The daily crime log is a document prepared by the SDSU Police Department that provides details on calls they have taken over the past week.

The most recent crime log was sent to Collegian Media on Monday morning and did not include this past Saturday’s incident.

During the meeting, Overby appeared not to realize that the incident was not included in the crime log.

“I believe it is on the crime log,” he told Anderson.

The PDF below was sent to Collegian Media on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. The only entry from Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, is a DUI recorded at the 1700 block of Jackrabbit Avenue.

The person involved in the incident on Saturday, at last report, is in a Sioux Falls hospital. A press release issued by the Brookings County Sheriff’s Department said the man sustained a life-threatening injury.

The events on Saturday unfolded like this:

The sheriff’s office received a call about a medical emergency near the north end of Jackrabbit Avenue at 11:29 a.m. At 11:50 a.m., the first timely warning was issued, advising people to shelter in place. At 11:59 a.m., the follow-up alert gave the “all-clear,” and normal activities could resume.

Responding officers found the man inside a stopped vehicle. First responders provided medical aid until ambulance personnel arrived. The man was initially transported to Brookings Hospital to be stabilized and was then airlifted to a hospital in Sioux Falls for further treatment, according to the sheriff.