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Arkansas State
had ordered its campus in Jonesboro locked down after receiving
reports of two males with weapons near its student union and
later of three males, all wearing black, carrying weapons along
a street near the student union.
The lockdown was soon lifted after police said they had found no
one with guns. On its Facebook page, the university reported
that student filmmakers were shooting a video project near the
student union, and that actors were erroneously reported to
police as possible gunmen.
"There was no gunman on campus," the university said.
University Police Capt. Jarrod Long said no one was arrested in
the incident, and no guns were found.
Jonesboro police confirmed that no shots were fired and that
city officers checking buildings found no gunmen.
Within an hour, Arkansas State said the lockdown had been lifted
and that the university would resume normal operations.
The university has more than 13,100 students. The campus is
located in northeastern Arkansas.
(Reporting by David Bailey in Minneapolis; Additional reporting
by Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento, Calif.; Editing by Jonathan
Oatis)
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