All clear given at UNCW after ‘no active attacker’ found on campus

UNC-Wilmington issued a shelter-in-place order Thursday night after University Police received unfounded reports of a gunman on campus, the university said.

According to ABC affiliate WWAY, students and staffers who were on campus got a text alert asking them to shelter in place and that the university had received anonymous reports via social media about a person with a “gun on campus.”

UNCW Chancellor Aswani Volety gave the “all clear” at 9:50 p.m., saying “no active attacker” had been found and labeled the incident a “false alarm.”…

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