UK campus shooting hoax has students on edge

LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — It was all fun and games on campus Tuesday evening, a return to normalcy after heightened concern earlier in the day at the University of Kentucky.

UK is now one of at least 13 schools to get a false active shooter call since Aug. 21. UK officials said just after noon, law enforcement responded to a report of a shooter near the William T. Young Library.

“Well, at first, I didn’t know it was a false active shooter; I thought it was real,” said UK freshman Marlee Coburn…

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