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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this similar to the incidents made to various universities within the last two weeks?[/quote]

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"In recent weeks, there has been an increase of false active shooter reports, targeting institutions of higher education across the country. Approximately 20 colleges and universities have been impacted.

We take these matters very seriously. Whenever we get a call that impacts our campus community, we take into account the totality of the circumstances and respond accordingly.

At 4:17 a.m. today, UMPD was notified by the Prince George's County Public Safety Communications of a similar report in the McKeldin Library area.

A UMPD officer was already patrolling McKeldin Mall. That officer had not heard or seen anything suspicious, and UMPD did not receive a notification from our gun-shot detection technology system. UMPD did not receive any other calls from our community reporting gunfire.

With the assistance from our allied agencies and our Security Operations Center, it was determined that this call was a false report and there was no threat to our community.

We understand how this can be distressing to members of our community. Below are resources that are available to you should you need to reach out.

As always, we encourage our community to report suspicious activity and/or behavior to UMPD immediately by calling..."[/quote]

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