Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY 11:32 a.m. EST November 25, 2013
BREAKING NEWS(Photo: Jerry Mosemak, USA TODAY)
Yale University ordered students and staff to "shelter in place" Monday because of a "confirmed report" of a person with a gun on or near the Old Campus.
The statement appears on the university's website.
The announcement said: "Confirmed report of a person with gun on/near Old Campus. Shelter in place."
The report of a gunman came in an anonymous call placed from a phone booth in the 300 block of Columbus Ave. In New Haven, Conn., the New Haven Independent reports.
Police scanners indicate that officers are looking for an "older white man, balding, in a heavy overcoat, walking toward" Linsley-Chittenden Hall, the newspaperreports.
BREAKING NEWS(Photo: Jerry Mosemak, USA TODAY)
Yale University ordered students and staff to "shelter in place" Monday because of a "confirmed report" of a person with a gun on or near the Old Campus.
The statement appears on the university's website.
The announcement said: "Confirmed report of a person with gun on/near Old Campus. Shelter in place."
The report of a gunman came in an anonymous call placed from a phone booth in the 300 block of Columbus Ave. In New Haven, Conn., the New Haven Independent reports.
Police scanners indicate that officers are looking for an "older white man, balding, in a heavy overcoat, walking toward" Linsley-Chittenden Hall, the newspaperreports.