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Shots Fired on Campus of WKU in Bowling Green, KY
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY is currently under lockdown. There have been reports of a gunman on campus. One portion of the campus has been evacuated by local police and the Kentucky State Police. The shots were reportedly fired on the main campus at WKU at Pearce Ford Tower. More details as they are available.
UPDATE 1.
From the WKU website: "The South Campus building on Nashville Road was evacuated earlier following reports that one or more persons were observed in the building with weapons. WKU Police, Bowling Green Police and State Police have conducted an extensive search of the building and the premises. At this time, the police have been unable to find any witnesses or evidence to support earlier reports that weapons were present.
"Following this, WKU PD received an unconfirmed report of shots fired in the vicinity of Pearce Ford Tower on the WKU main campus.
"Police have confirmed that there was a physical altercation not involving weapons between individuals that occurred in or near PFT, but the police are interviewing witnesses on the scene to determine if weapons were or are present, or if shots were fired.
"At this time, the campus emergency warning system has been activated. Students and employees have been advised to remain indoors, in secure areas, until an "all clear" is issued."
A Twitter user with the screen name "RoyaltyGT" says he's on the campus and he tweeted the following: "Several suspects in custody, still not sure exactly what happened. Official wku statement should be appearing on www.wku.edu soon." In a later tweet, RoyaltyGT said he'd not heard of any injuries.
UPDATE 2.
Greg, who goes by "RoyaltyGT" on Twitter, tweets that WKU's head of Media Relations Bob Skipper says, "No one has been shot or arrested at this time."
WKU's school paper, the Herald, reports that a man was injured on campus after the reports of shots being fired. The student publication also states that WKU's main campus is not on lockdown, but classes have been cancelled for the day.
Then there's this guy's Twitter: BrianSexton. Check out a tweet he posted 2 hours ago: "Now there's a riot in front of my dorm!"
It's hard to tell with college students. I wouldn't put it past a few of them to just mess with people.
Follow tweets on the subject here: Twitter -- WKU.
UPDATE 3.
Western Kentucky University is all clear. The lockdown is over. There will be a press conference at 5 p.m. ET (4 CT).
In other words, nothing to see here. Move along. [WBKO.com, WKU.edu. Additional linkage: WKUHerald.com.]
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