Around 2 p.m. on Saturday, close to the start of the homecoming football game between Mississippi State University and UT-Martin, an armed robbery was reported on MSU’s campus next to the Clay Lyle building. 
A black male with a medium complexion, believed to be 25 to 30 years of age and wearing brown faded jeans and a grey hoodie with black stripes, displayed a weapon to a game day contract worker and robbed him of an undetermined amount of cash.
Located behind Sorority Row, the Clay Lyle Entomology Complex principally houses the entomology faculty.
Within minutes after the robbery was reported to MSU police, a campus-wide Maroon Alert was sent alerting MSU students, staff and faculty to be aware of their surroundings. 
Sid Salter, director of public affairs informed The Reflector that no arrests have been made and no injuries were reported.
“MSU Police Department Chief Vance Rice reported that a portion of the cash and a money bag were recovered within an hour of the incident. The incident remains under investigation, and until that investigation is complete, the university has no additional comment on the specifics of the incident,” Salter said, “Dr. Keenum was contacted inside Davis Wade Stadium immediately after the incident. In consultation with appropriate university administrative and law enforcement personnel, Dr. Keenum directed that the university deploy MSU PD and Student Affairs personnel to investigate and secure the scene, move forward with the investigation and monitor the situation for additional developments. None occurred.”
The open space next to the Clay Lyle facility is often used by MSU fans to park their vehicles on gamedays. 
On Monday morning, the MSU police refused to speak to The Reflector. 
Salter said there is no higher priority than the welfare and safety of our students, faculty and staff.
“That concern, of course, extends to our guests and fans on game day. We believe the university administration responded quickly and appropriately to this isolated incident. We encourage everyone to be safety conscious as crowd size continues to increase at MSU sporting events,” he said.
If you have any information, please call MSU police at 662-325-2121.