(NewsNation) — Students at the University of Arkansas were alerted that there is a report of an active shooter on campus.
Fayetteville police say the first call came in at 12:30 p.m. on Monday. Police say there are no confirmed gunshots or injuries. Four calls were received by police in different locations around campus.
Police have investigated each of the locations, and a large police presence remains on campus. No arrests have been made.
The university said on social media that they were responding to multiple reports around campus, and advised students to continue to stay alert.
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In a text alert sent out Monday afternoon, students were advised to stay away from the area of Mullins Library, according to NewsNation affiliate KNWA. The library is in a central area of the university campus, a few blocks east of the college’s football stadium.
It is the main library facility on campus, according the university’s website, and houses offices and study spaces in addition to the books, computer lab and special collections.
University of Arkansas junior Brock Boddie told KNWA he was on the third floor of Mullins Library when he heard people yelling and moving around. Moments later, he received the university alert. Boddie and other students were ushered into another building, where he saw armed officers outside the library with guns drawn, ordering students to evacuate.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a social media post that she is in touch with school administrators and is monitoring the situation with them, and advised people to “stay alert, and follow the direction of law enforcement.”
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The alert at the University of Arkansas comes days after three other college campuses were locked down after reports of active shooters. Villanova University and the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga were locked down Thursday, and the University of South Carolina was alerted to a possible shooter Sunday. In all three previous cases, no evidence of an active shooter was found.
There was also a report of an active shooter that police determined was a hoax Monday morning at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. According to a local news outlet, that investigation started after someone claimed there was an active shooter in a campus library.
Arkansas Rep. Steve Womack took to X and said he and his team are closely monitoring the reports.
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