FBI
counterterrorism officials said the threat from an unknown
person made specific reference to the quad on the university’s
Hyde Park campus, Zimmer said on the school’s website.
Students and all non-essential staff were advised to stay away
from campus through midnight Monday. Students in college housing
were asked to stay indoors.
Zimmer cited “recent tragic events on campuses across the
country” in the decision. College campuses have been the sites
of several shootings this year.
The University of Chicago, a private school with about 14,500
graduate and undergraduate students, is located several miles
outside downtown Chicago.
(Reporting by Kevin Murphy in Kansas City; Editing by Chris
Michaud and Paul Tait)
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