Police say there’s no evidence of an active shooter at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus Monday, despite an elevated law enforcement presence and panic among students.
The university sent out an alert shortly before 12:30 p.m. Monday saying “an active shooter was reported on campus near the Mullins Library.”
Speaking to reporters just over an hour after the first alert, Fayetteville Police Cpl. Natalie Eucce said police had yet to find evidence of gunshots or injuries.
"At first, it came in from one specific location," Eucce said. "So we set up a perimeter that can be evacuated."
Eucce said police then received “multiple different calls,” alleging an active shooter at the university. Police swarmed the campus while buildings went into lockdown.
Fayetteville TV station 5News reported police were working to slowly evacuate the library, as many nearby schools are resuming normal class operations.
Eucce said the police have made no arrests and any allegations otherwise are “unfounded,” though she acknowledged there are videos of people being “detained.”
The call may have been a false alarm. Several college campuses have seen false active shooter reports in the past few days, including the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Villanova University, the University of South Carolina and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
This story will be updated.
