Police in Chicago were called to the city’s Northwestern University this evening after reports of a live shooter on the campus.
Shots have been reported outside the university’s Wieboldt Hall, according to a notice posted on the school’s website at 9.12pm.
‘There is an Active Threat event on the Chicago campus,’ the university’s department of safety and security wrote.
‘Run, Hide, Fight. Take proper shelter.
‘Lock and/or barricade doors. Await further information.’
Students from Northwestern University in Chicago have been ordered into lockdown amid reports of an active shooter
Chicago Police told the dailynorthwestern.com that the alarm was raised when a witness reported hearing a shot ring out and witnessing an armed female and a group of people fighting.
Video reportedly of the incident posted online showed a woman pulling a handgun during a fierce argument with a man in a street.
He ducks out of the way and she is dragged off by a group of other women.
The building on East Superior Street is home to the university’s Kellogg School of Management.
A later post on the university’s alert system reports that the ‘situation on the Chicago Campus has been secured and is all clear.
‘Assailants are in custody. It is not known whether anyone was injured,’ it added.
Dailymail.com has reached out to Chicago Police.
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