My Fox 8 DURHAM, N.C. — Campus police fatally shot a man near North Carolina Central University overnight after the man “challenged them with a gun,”according to WRAL.
WRAL reports Durham police tracked a suspect who was believed to be armed near the campus Monday night, prompting a lockdown at the university around 10:15 p.m.
The suspect was found shortly before midnight in a wooded area near Cecil and Lincoln streets near the southeast part of campus, where the suspect “challenged authorities with a gun,” according to WRAL.
NCCU Police Chief Tim Bellamy tells WRAL that campus police officers shot the suspect.
The lockdown was lifted around 1:15 a.m., according to an alert posted on NCCU.edu.
The gunman was not a student at the university, WRAL reports. It was not clear what he was sought in connection with.
The N.C. SBI is investigating the incident.
NCCU President Dr. Debra Saunders-White is expected to address the incident on campus at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday.
Source: WRAL.com
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Another cop gets a gold star.