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Yale Issues 'Shelter In Place' Order After Man With Gun Spotted On Campus

Updated at noon: FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Yale University issued an alert to its New Haven campus, warning staff and students to shelter in place after a man with a gun was spotted on campus Monday morning, according to its emergency website. 

by The Daily Voice

A Yale Alert message sent at 11:02 a.m. said, "Confirmed report of person with a gun on/near Old Campus. SHELTER IN PLACE. This is NOT a test." The person was spotted near Old Campus. 

There were no reports of injuries, but reports on NBC Connecticut showed heavily armed police officers in tactical gear and carrying assault weapons entering the campus. Police were ordering passersby away from the area. At 11:37 a.m., Yale advised that the shelter in place or lockdown remained in place. Those not on campus were advised to stay away. 

At noon, Yale said the shelter-in-place/lockdown continued with teams from Yale Police, New Haven Police and the State Police on the scene and actively searching for any gunman.

The Yale campus is on its November recess for Thanksgiving all this week, according to its online calendar. 

Here is the full Yale Alert message posted to the Yale Community on November 25 at 10:17 a.m.:

"New Haven Police have received an anonymous call from a phone booth in the 300 block of Columbus Avenue (between Howard Avenue and Hallock Street) reporting a person on the Yale Campus with a gun. There have been NO confirmations or sightings of this person. Yale and New Haven Police are in the area. If you have information, please call 911 immediately.  The Yale Police Department advises those on campus to remain in their current location until there is additional information.

"More information will be provided when available."

At 10:50 a.m., Yale added the message:"THIS IS NOT A TEST. Reports of person with gun on Central Campus. SHELTER IN PLACE- until further notice."

The following road closures were in place at about 11:30 a.m. Monday: 

  • High Street between Elm and Chaple 
  • Chapel between High and College 
  • College between Chapel and Elm 
  • Elm between College and High 

?This was the second lockdown incident at a college in Connecticut this month. On Monday, Nov. 4, a student in a Halloween costume alarmed other students on campus at Central Connecticut State University. That student was charged with breach of peace. Read about it here at The Daily Voice. 

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