A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member died Monday after a shooting on campus. The identity of the faculty member has not been notified to next of kin. No other injuries were reported. Classes at the University are canceled on Tuesday.
UNC Police issued a “clear alert” and said a suspect had been taken into custody after the campus was locked down for three hours Monday afternoon for an “active assault.” The alarm was lifted at 16:14. The university said the suspect was taken into custody around 2:38 p.m.
4:33 p.m. Messages from the university urged people to stay away from Caudill Labs on South Road, and police were notified of gunshots inside the building at 1:02 p.m. There was a large bullet hole to the right of the north entrance to the laboratory, and a window was shattered. Around 5:30 p.m., more than a dozen FBI agents entered the building.
Police patrolled the edge of the building, searching brush and storm drains with flashlights and K-9 dogs. Throughout the afternoon, students and university staff crammed into bathrooms and barricaded themselves in the building while police searched the campus for an armed dangerous person. At 1:03 p.m., the school issued its first emergency notice.
1:21 p.m. A tweet from Alert Carolina advises people to “continue to seek shelter locally” and says the university will provide more information. The 2:04 p.m. update said the campus remains in lockdown as “active attacker situations” continue. “If you are not on campus, stay off campus,” it warned. At 2:35 p.m., UNC police released a photo of a “person of interest” they believe is a wanted person in the investigation .
