CNN —Police at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill responded to an “armed and dangerous person on or near campus,” according to an alert from the university on Monday.
A witness on campus told CNN they were locked down in their building and saw armed officers searching campus.
The UNC Hospital also has received no patients from the scene, a spokesperson told CNN.
Video from CNN affiliate WRAL in Chapel Hill showed a large number of police vehicles at the campus with their lights flashing.
Calls to the Town of Chapel Hill were not immediately returned.
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