Durham, North Carolina
September 24, 2013
Agencies: State Bureau of Investigations SBI North Carolina | North Carolina Central University Police Department
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: almost 6 years ago
A gunman near North Carolina Central University was shot by police on late Monday, prompting a campus lockdown for three hours. (Photo : Wiki Commons)
A gunman near North Carolina Central University was shot and killed by police late Monday, prompting a campus lockdown for three hours, Reuters reported.
The lockdown was enacted at 10:15 p.m. after a suspect in a current investigation in Durham, North Carolina ran towards the college, according to a statement from Chancellor Debra Saunders-White.
Details of the suspect's criminal investigation are unknown.
The lockdown was lifted at 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Classes were relocated for the day and a town hall meeting was organized.
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