Gunman confirmed on campus

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Reviews of a gunman on campus were confirmed close to Outdated Campus, the place freshmen dorms are housed, by means of text update close to 11 am. Announcements have been broadcast in dorm rooms and sightings of police and the SWAT staff have been reported outdoors Outdated Campus.

NHPD Lieutenant Jeff Hoffman confirms no shootings, no injuries.

Rob O’Gara ’16, explained that police are concentrated on Elm Street amongst Saybrook, Berkeley and Outdated Campus. O’Gara said that, for the past twenty minutes, police have been yelling at every other to “get cover” and at an individual else — likely the gunman — to pull back. The standoff has continued because, and officers witnessed close to Saybrook are reported to be carrying rifles.

Maria Bouffard, Director of Emergency Management confirmed that NHPD and YPD officers have been brought to the scene. Bouffard said that updates will carry on to be posted on the University’s official emergency services web site as they are received

At 10:20 am, the Yale emergency alert technique sent out cellphone calls and text messages to students notifying them of reviews of a guy with a gun on campus. The messages indicated that an anonymous tip to the New Haven Police Department had been manufactured from a mobile phone booth on Columbus Avenue.

The messages advised college students to continue to be in area. The University’s PA technique, which is utilized to announce other emergency scenarios like fires, has not been employed. Updates will be posted on the official University website.

Numerous college students have left campus for Thanksgiving break, but people interviewed from campus said that they have not noticed anything at all unusual other than the alert messages. Cops were not witnessed all around Pierson or Calhoun colleges as of 10:37 AM.

A 10:50 am text update to college students stated the shelter was nevertheless in area.

11:fifty five a.m. a text update confirmed that the shelter in area and lock-down remain in impact.

Gunman confirmed on campus