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Indiana university gives second all clear
after robberies
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[December 16, 2015]
(Reuters) - An Indianapolis
university lifted a second shelter-in-place warning after reports of
several armed robberies led university officials to twice tell students
on Tuesday to stay inside and lock their doors, according to the
university's Twitter feed.
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 Students at Indiana University-Purdue University were told around
8:10 p.m. local time to "take safe shelter" after two armed
robberies were reported near the campus within the span of a few
minutes.
That alert came about five hours after the university said a man
with a gun was reported running toward campus after an armed robbery
in the same area. No one was injured in the incident, the school
said.
The university said that there would be an increased police presence
on campus and offered the phone number of the campus escort service,
the Twitter feed said.
 University police sent out an alert because the man was running
toward campus, though they do not know if he made it onto the
campus, said Briggs
Police said no suspects have been found. The second all clear was
given around 9:40 p.m. local time.
A representative for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police
Department, which is investigating, was not immediately available
for comment.
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The urban public research university has about 30,690 students.
(Reporting by Mary Wisniewski in Chicago; Additional reporting by
Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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