Earlier this morning, a man wearing army fatigues and carrying a firearm was spotted near the architecture building on the campus of University of Texas at Arlington, according to Fox News. Police have told students to stay away from the building.
Dallas Morning News is reporting that the reported gun might be something more “benign,” and that campus police are “with the man spotted in the Architecture Building.”
The school’s twitter account is still urging students who are not in the architecture building to “resume normal operations.”
If you are not in the Architecture Building, resume normal operations. Finals schedules should continue as planned.
— UT Arlington (@utarlington) December 16, 2015UTA PD reports of suspicious white male w/ a gun in fatigues seen in arch bldg. Shelter in place & stay away from bldg until further notice.
— UT Arlington (@utarlington) December 16, 2015NBCDFW reports that the suspect was carrying a "tripod-looking object."
UPDATE: Suspect has been apprehended, no weapon found:
ALL CLEAR: Suspect apprehended, no weapon found after multiple sweeps. Resume normal operations.
— UT Arlington (@utarlington) December 16, 2015