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The Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook that
many law enforcement officials were still on campus
investigating.
“We ask that the public still stay away from the area at this
time,” the sheriff's office said.
Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz said the report of a possible
shooting was due to a staff member misunderstanding students who
were talking about a loud domestic dispute that had happened
earlier.
“It was relayed to law enforcement that there was a person with
a hostage or something to the effect of a person with a gun,” he
said in a statement.
After interviewing students and checking buildings officials
found no evidence of a shooting, so the shelter in place was
lifted, according to Lutz.
Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio, had posted on its
website that a possible shooting had been reported and that
everyone on campus should shelter in place until further notice.
“We will update the campus as soon as we know more,” the school
said.
The liberal arts university affiliated with the Presbyterian
Church is about 70 miles (113 kilometers) east of Columbus. It
has more than 2,100 undergraduate and graduate students,
according to its website.
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