This story gets more bizarre by the moment. Cell phone footage captured a USC professor reportedly being arrested for making students call in a fake active shooter.
Sources @USC are saying a professor made students call to report shots fired. @LAPDHQ confirms no active shooter & professor is arrested. http://pic.twitter.com/zWNQXvaJWu
— JacquelineSarkissian (@JSarkissianFOX7) October 2, 2017
.@USCDPS confirms that a detention was made on-scene for the mental health evaluation of an adjunct professor. No other info released.
— JacquelineSarkissian (@JSarkissianFOX7) October 2, 2017
ABC 7 News reports:
A USC professor suffered “some sort of an episode” that caused students to believe there was an active shooter at school, triggering the campus scare and police response on Monday, police said.
LAPD Deputy Chief Phillip Tingirides said the professor, who was not identified, told her students to lock the doors and get on the floor. Then, she began yelling, “active shooter.”
[…]The search netted no evidence of a shooting or a shooter at school, authorities said. An all-clear was subsequently declared.
Tingirides said the professor was in LAPD custody.
Early reports have emerged that an active shooter has opened fire at USC. Police have placed the area on lockdown. The LAPD are now reporting no active shooter is present.
UPDATE: LAPD says no shooting occurred at University of Southern California. "No danger to community" http://pic.twitter.com/2HEZfANeay
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 2, 2017
NBC Los Angeles reports:
Police were responding to a report of a shooting at the University of Southern California on Monday, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
The university issued an alert urging students and staff to avoid the area of 610 Childs Way on the University Park Campus or shelter in place.
Officers were searching Fertitta Hall at the Marshall School of Business. University officials said shots were reported but not confirmed.
NBC4 is working to confirm additional details.
Below is a periscope of the incident.
USC student live on #Periscope amid reports of active shooter on campus. https://t.co/uNIe1BJLNJ
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) October 2, 2017
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