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"I'm devastated the UNC (University of North Carolina) community
lost a faculty member in an act of violence on campus," the
institution's chancellor, Kevin Guskiewicz, said in a statement.
Police were notified of shots being fired at the Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, campus early Monday afternoon, the chancellor
said. He added the suspect was apprehended and taken into
custody.
Police issued an "all clear" for the campus around two hours
later and said there was no further immediate threat. During the
stand-off, there was heavy police presence around the campus,
media footage from the scene showed.
Police had earlier released the male suspect's image on X,
formerly called Twitter, when he was not yet in custody and
described him as a "person of interest in today's armed and
dangerous person situation."
The authorities did not reveal the identities of the deceased
faculty member and the suspect.
"In response, we have canceled classes and all campus events for
the rest of the day on Monday, Aug. 28 and Tuesday, Aug. 29,"
the chancellor added.
The university has a student population of about 32,000, along
with about 4,100 faculty and 9,000 staff members.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said earlier on Monday he had
"pledged all state resources needed" to protect the university
campus.
The university had asked those on campus to stay sheltered in
place for much of the afternoon while the suspect was still at
large. The shooting took place in the campus' Caudill
Laboratories.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; editing by Diane
Craft)
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