UPDATED 6:37 p.m.
(Reuters) – A faculty member at the University of North Carolina was shot dead in a shooting on campus on Monday, officials said, adding a suspect was arrested and the threat was cleared by late afternoon
“I’m devastated the UNC (University of North Carolina) community lost a faculty member in an act of violence on campus,” the institution’s chancellor, Kevin Guskiewicz, said in a statement.
Police were notified of shots being fired at the Chapel Hill, North Carolina, campus early Monday afternoon, the chancellor said. He added the suspect was apprehended and taken into custody.
Police issued an “all clear” for the campus around two hours later and said there was no further immediate threat. During the stand-off, there was heavy police presence around the campus, media footage from the scene showed.
Police had earlier released the male suspect’s image on X, formerly called Twitter, when he was not yet in custody and described him as a “person of interest in today’s armed and dangerous person situation.”
The authorities did not reveal the identities of the deceased faculty member and the suspect.
“In response, we have canceled classes and all campus events for the rest of the day on Monday, Aug. 28 and Tuesday, Aug. 29,” the chancellor added.
The university has a student population of about 32,000, along with about 4,100 faculty and 9,000 staff members.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said earlier on Monday he had “pledged all state resources needed” to protect the university campus.
The university had asked those on campus to stay sheltered in place for much of the afternoon while the suspect was still at large. The shooting took place in the campus’ Caudill Laboratories.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; editing by Diane Craft)
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A suspect is in custody after a fatal shooting on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill Monday afternoon.
According to FOX News, UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said Monday evening the suspect had been apprehended by police.
This came hours after UNC Police released a photo of a potential suspect that was described as armed and dangerous. The name of the suspect hasn’t been released, but the man is suspected of shooting and killing a UNC faculty member, whose name also wasn’t released.
“I am grieved to report that one of our faculty members was killed in this shooting,” Guskiewicz said in a campus-wide message. “We are waiting for confirmation that the next of kin has been contacted before we share more information.”
Most campus activities have been canceled Monday and Tuesday in response to what originally was an active shooter situation.
There’s no word of anyone else being injured.
An all-clear was given about three hours after shots were first believed to have rung out.
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UPDATE 3:35 P.M.
Authorities at the University of North Carolina have given an “all-clear” after the incident. It’s not clear if the suspect is in custody.
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CHAPEL HILL, NC. (FOX News) – The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill campus is on lockdown after shots rang out Monday.
FOX News reports police are looking for a suspect who fired shots near the Caudill Labs building at around 1:00 P.M. local time.
A nearby school district has also gone on a softer lockdown where no one is allowed to enter the district’s buildings.
The suspect is described as an Asian male with short hair, but no name has been released. Earlier reports indicated he was in custody, but UNC Police posted on social media they were still looking for him.
The student newspaper “The Daily Tar Heel” reports one lane of Interstate 40 has been closed, and buildings on campus are being evacuated.
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