11:30am -East Carolina reporting armed man on campus

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EastCarolina (@EastCarolina)
11/16/11 10:23 AM
Campus on lockdown. Report of Armed individual on 5th Street. Get to a safe area and take safety precautions. #ECU


Stay safe!

[aikoaiko]

1. abc new blurb with a little more detail.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/11/e-carolina-u-on-lockdown-after-report-of-armed-man-near-campus/

“The ECU police are systematically sweeping the campus as they continue to investigate the reports of an armed suspect on the corner of 5th and Read around 10 a.m.,” ECU news services office spokeswoman Jeannine Manning-Hutson told ABCNews.com.

Manning-Hutson said Greenville police spotted a man on a security cameras “with an assault rifle, a backpack and wearing a cowboy hat” and reported the sighting to the ECU police.

There have been no reports of shooting and the ECU police is working with the Greenville Police Department and the Pitt County Sheriff’s Department in investigate the sighting.

At 10:11 a.m., the school sent out an alert reporting an armed individual and the instructions to “secure offices and buildings.” “Residence halls are on lockdown and are secure,” Manning-Hutson said. All campus buildings are being searched by authorities. The school has an enrollment of nearly 28,000 students.

[Skinner]

2. ECU posting updates on their website

http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/news/

UPDATE: 10:45 a.m. Nov. 16

Campus continues on lockdown

ECU Police are systemically sweeping the campus as they continue to investigate an armed suspect spotted near the corner of 5th and Reade Street around 10 a.m. today.

Residence halls have been locked down and are secure.

ECU Police are coordinating with Greenville Police and the Pitt County Sheriffs Department.

Media are asked to gather at the parking lot of the Student Recreation Center, which can be accessed off of Charles Street

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ECU on lockdown. Report of Armed individual on 5th Street. Secure offices and buildings.
For more information see http://www.ecu.edu/alert

From http://www.ecu.edu/alert/

ALERT: Stay indoors.

(11/16/11 11:18 AM)

Situation is still ongoing. Stay indoors.

Report of Armed individual on 5th Street

(11/16/11 10:11 AM)

Report of Armed individual on 5th Street. Secure offices and buildings.

[Skidmore]

3. That happened at UIowa night before last. They sent out

an alert to all students and employees based on the head of campus security monitoring the scanner for the IC police in which a woman had called in to report that her abusive significant other was making threats on the phone to do harm to her and that he said he had a gun. However, it was called off after they discovered that the significant other was in another city about an hour and a half away and that he didn't have a gun.

[aikoaiko]

4. No shots fired and he may have been across the street from the campus.

http://www.news4jax.com/College-locked-down-after-reports-of-armed-man/-/475982/4767080/-/6qnoen/-/

There were no reports of shots fired.

Police received a call at about 10:15 a.m. ET from someone who reported seeing a man on a street adjacent to campus with what appeared to be an assault rifle, the Greenville Police Department said.

Police used traffic cameras to pull up images and saw a man wearing a backpack and carrying what appeared to be a weapon similar to an assault rifle in his right hand, police Sgt. Carlton Williams said.

[aikoaiko]

5. It could be simply someone bringing their rifle to a gunsmith or something...

...more worrisome.

[Skinner]

6. ECU ALERT - Update (11/16/11 12:12 PM)

(11/16/11 12:12 PM)

ECU police , assisted by Greenville Police Department and Pitt County Sheriff’s officers, are responding to an unconfirmed report of a man last observed on 5th Street who may be carrying a rifle. The campus is locked down, with all buildings locked, and students, faculty and staff members have been advised to stay away from windows and doors in the campus facilities. There have been no reports of injuries or threats on the campus.

Campus officials will issue updated reports as they are available.

Call Center phone number is 252-737-5100.

[Skinner]

7. ECU ALERT- Update #3 (11/16/11 12:32 PM)

ECU ALERT- Update #3

(11/16/11 12:32 PM)

ECU police , assisted by Greenville Police Department and Pitt County Sheriff’s officers, are responding to an unconfirmed report of a man last observed on 5th Street in the vicinity of ECU’s east/main campus, who may be carrying a rifle. The east/main campus is locked down, with all buildings locked, and students, faculty and staff members have been advised to stay away from windows and doors in the campus facilities. There have been no reports of injuries or threats on the campus.

Buildings are been checked/cleared by police systematically, with students being released to buses or relocated, location-by-location, as the situation dictates.

Campus officials will issue updated reports as they are available.

[Skinner]

8. ALL CLEAR

ECU ALERT - All Clear

(11/16/11 12:52 PM)

ECU Officials have determined that the situation has ended and that there is no threat to campus. Officials have declared the situation ALL CLEAR.