All-Clear Given At UNC Chapel Hill After Lockdown Due To ‘Armed & Dangerous’ Person On Campus

A faculty member was shot and killed Monday at the University of North Carolina’s Caudill Laboratories and a suspect is in custody, according to police. No names have yet been released.

The school was given the all-clear about three hours after students were told to shelter in place.

WRAL in Raleigh tweeted, “UPDATE: UNC Chapel Hill: All clear. Suspect in custody per multiple media reports.”

https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1696255397563080836

Earlier Monday, the school ordered students to shelter in place as authorities respond to reports of an “armed and dangerous” person on campus.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) tweeted the following statement:

“My office is in communication with law enforcement and officials at UNC-Chapel Hill who are taking precautions to protect campus safety following today’s shooting. This is a tragic way to start a new semester and the state will provide any assistance necessary to support the UNC community.

“I have spoken with Orange County Sheriff Blackwood and Dept. of Public Safety Secretary Buffaloe and pledged all state resources needed to capture the shooter and protect the UNC campus.”

UNC Police tweeted, “This photo shows a person of interest in today’s armed and dangerous person situation. If you see this person, keep your distance, put your safety first and call 911.”

https://twitter.com/UNCPolice/status/1696229932446462105

Fox’s John Roberts reported:

Reports of an armed person, either on or near the campus, but…we are seeing far more reports coming to us from folks on the ground there via social media, all of them unconfirmed at this point, but the UNC police are through their Alert Carolina page and website telling people there was an emergency situation there, to shelter in place if you are on campus, and not come back on campus if you are off campus at this point. And again, as we mentioned, you know, sometimes we see these situations, we hope for the best, they sometimes tend to get worse over time, we hope that is not the case here. There are reports that police may have one person in custody but may be looking for another.

This is a breaking story that’s been updated.