Saturday, April 25, 2015

INDIANA UNIVERSITY ON LOCKDOWN ARMED GUNMAN

Shelter in place warning continues at Manchester University in North Manchester, Ind., as police respond to report of armed subject - @ManchesterUniv

UPDATE, MINUTES AGO:

Update as of 4:06 a.m. EDT: Manchester University officials gave the all clear early on Saturday after its campus in North Manchester, Indiana, was locked down for several hours following reports of an armed person.
Manchester University spokeswoman Anne Gregory said in an email that police did not find any threats after searching all the buildings at the campus, located about 36 miles west of Fort Wayne, according to Reuters.

NO GUNMAN FOUND, NO STUDENTS HARMED
1:30 AM
http://www.wthr.com/story/28896312/manchester-university-on-lockdown
North Manchester police received a phone call Friday night from someone claiming to have stabbed their roommate, was armed with a shotgun and a bomb and threatened to blow up the administration building, according to Indiana State Police.

By 1:30 Saturday morning, ISP investigators had completed a sweep of the admin building but found no explosive devices or suspects. A check for a stabbing victim also came up empty.

ISP units then left the campus, saying the incident would continue to be investigated as a likely prank call.

As of 1:30 a.m., the university's website still listed the campus as being on lockdown. The campus alert posted on the university's website reads:

"MU Manchester Campus on lockdown. Barricade yourself in a room, stay away from windows. Be quiet, silence cell. Wait for police or All-Clear.
TO WHICH A STUDENT COMMENTED:
I am a student on campus. Our schools safety department is going around the dorms right now checking all students. It's looking like an all clear very soon.

UNIVERSITY'S TWITTER ACCOUNT HERE:
https://twitter.com/ManchesterUniv

UNIVERSITY WEBSITE HERE:
http://www.manchester.edu/

CAMPUS ALERT HERE:
http://www.manchester.edu/News/April24alert.htm

Manchester University's North Manchester, Ind., campus on lockdown following report of armed subject near Admin building with possible explosives; 'barricade yourself in a room, stay away from windows. Be quiet, silence cell. Wait for police or All-Clear,' school says 

FROM REUTERSManchester University in a statement advised students at its North Manchester campus, some 36 miles (58 km) west of Fort Wayne, to shelter in place.

LOCAL NEWS STATION REPORTING HERE:
http://www.wthr.com/story/28896312/manchester-university-on-lockdown

THIS JUST BROKE LESS THAN AN HOUR AGO.  *AROUND MIDNIGHT)
WATCHING FOR UPDATES WHICH I WILL POST HERE. 


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