All clear given at Fort Valley State following campus lockdown
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Fort Valley State University was placed on lockdown for more than an hour Thursday following a report of someone with a gun on campus.
“Following a sweep of the campus, no suspect or gun was found,” spokesperson Mechell Clark McCrary wrote in an email Thursday night.
Campus police responded to a report of a male with a gun on campus at 5:11 p.m.
Less than ten minutes later, FVSU says it deployed its electronic alert system, RAVE, to notify students and the campus community of a potential gunman.
The campus was placed on lockdown at 5:40. The all clear was issued at 6:48.
The school says it will provide further updates as they become available.
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