Reports of shots fired near Northwestern's downtown Chicago campus

Reports of shots fired near Northwestern's downtown Chicago campus

Chicago and Northwestern University police are responding to a call of shots fired on the school’s downtown Chicago campus on Monday night.

According to the school, the call of shots fired came from an area near Wieboldt Hall, a campus building located across the street from the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab in the city’s Streeterville neighborhood.

An alert that went out to students and faculty read:

“There is an active threat event on the Chicago campus. Run, hide, fight. Take proper shelter,” the alert read. “Lock and/or barricade doors. Await further information.”

There was no further information on whether the alert was bonafide, or if there were any injuries related to the incident.

We will update this story with additional details as they become available.

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