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For those reading this late, an "all clear" was issued.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill issued an “all clear” on Monday afternoon, hours after police responded to an “armed and dangerous person on or near campus,” the university said.
Local Fox 8 has another link to the article as well as a person of interest I believe they are looking for:
ABC11 learned all Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools are in secure mode -- meaning all building doors are closed and locked. The school district said elementary schools will not dismiss students until there is an all clear given at UNC.
"As a safety precaution, schools have been directed not to release students to their families at this time," the district said.
Chapel Hill Transit reports all buses in the area have halted their routes for the time being. UNC's Board of Trustees' special meeting and the Faculty Executive Committee's meeting are both canceled for Monday afternoon.
Via ABC11 news
The report of the shooting and subsequent lockdown paralyzed campus and parts of the surrounding town of Chapel Hill a week after classes began at the state’s flagship public university. The university has approximately 20,000 undergraduate students and 12,000 graduate students.
A student told TV station WTVD that she had barricaded her dormitory door with her furniture. Another student, speaking softly, described hiding in fear with others in a dark bathroom.
Noel T. Brewer, a professor of health behavior, said he was once held at gunpoint in his mother’s jewelry store, but that Monday’s apparent shooting and lockdown was “far more stressful.”
Speaking from his locked office where he hid with other colleagues, Brewer, 57, said by phone that he was getting little information.
Brewer, a married father of two young kids, said he felt for anyone who might have been shot.
“But even in our own building, the students who are locked down and what they’re thinking about — it’s just a lot. It’s a terrible situation,” said Brewer.
It was also the first day of kindergarten for Brewer’s 5-year-old son. His elementary school was also on lockdown.
“He doesn’t know what’s going on. And at some point, he’s going to realize that he hasn’t gotten on the bus when he’s supposed to,” he said.
Brewer, who also has a 2-year-old added: “My husband and I have been trading texts and trying to figure out what to do … Just wondering how our kids are feeling. It’s a lot.”
One of Brewer's colleagues is visiting from Africa and staying in the U.S. for the first time.
“She said her one concern was guns and possibly something happening at the university,” Brewer said. “And this was her first faculty meeting, and her worst nightmare came true.”
As he and his colleagues waited in locked offices, they texted each other about whether it was safe to walk to the bathroom.
“We’re trying to tell each other stories and talk about cooking and trying to not get worked up,” he said. “But at the same time, we’re fielding lots of texts and calls from friends and family and colleagues.”
This is legal in many states.
Murder?
It’s a US tradition