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Gunman alleged loose on Yale campus
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November 25, 2013
Original URL: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Gunman_alleged_loose_on_Yale_campus



Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, alerted students today that a
gunman was loose on campus. The university asked students to "shelter in
place" and warned students who are off-campus to stay away from the
university.  The university lifted the lockdown some hours later.

At 10:17 AM (EST), a message was sent to Yale's students from the
university saying that the New Haven Police had received an anonymous
phone call from a public pay phone on Columbus Avenue saying that a
person with a gun was loose on the Yale campus. A further update at
11:57 am EST noted that campus police and New Haven police were both on
campus. Yale's student newspaper, Yale Daily News, has reported that
SWAT teams have been spotted on campus.

At 1:45 PM (EST), Yale's emergency alert system indicated the lockdown
was still in place, and that police officers were planning to do a
door-to-door search of Yale University starting with student residences.
Sources indicated that as of 1:55 PM (EST) no suspect was in custody,
but the lockdown was anticipated to remain in place for "several hours."

The university lifted the lockdown at about 5 PM (EST).  Police stated
the information leading to the alert was likely a prank, and if so they
intended to find and prosecute the responsible party.  University
vice-president Linda Koch Lorimer stated on the university's emergency
alert system after the lockdown was lifted, "The safety of our community
is our paramount priority. I want to underscore our collective thanks to
the superb mobilization of the Yale, New Haven, and State Police, and
the FBI, as well as Yale’s own Emergency Response team."

== Sources == 
* http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-yale-gun-1126-20131125,0,7371009.story
* http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/11/25/gunman-confirmed-on-campus/
* http://abcnews.go.com/US/yale-alert-reports-person-gun-campus/story?id=21004945
* http://news.sky.com/story/1173482/yale-gunman-alert-students-told-to-hide
* http://emergency.yale.edu



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