Update: A lockdown at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville is over after earlier reports of an active shooter on campus apparently turned out to be incorrect.
Classes are cancelled for the rest of the day, according to the UA’s emergency alert system, and will resume Tuesday:
Students and employees initially received an emergency alert around 12:30 p.m. Monday warning them of reports of an active shooter near the David W. Mullins Library. Multiple social media posts showed police on campus rushing toward the library, and rumors spread of multiple people being injured.
A little before 2 p.m., though, the Fayetteville Police Department said their initial response had turned up no evidence of an active shooter. Spokesperson Natalie Eucce told local media in a briefing on campus that there were “no confirmed gunshots” and there were currently “no crime scenes.”
One car was stopped and the driver briefly detained, but that turned out to be “unfounded,” Eucce said. No one has been arrested. Eucce said the FBI was assisting on the scene as well.
Fall classes started just last week at UA Fayetteville.
Here are some scenes from the police response earlier:
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Around 1 p.m., a UA law student sent the Arkansas Times this image from inside a classroom where students had barricaded the door with furniture:
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