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CU Boulder Issues Campus Shelter-in-Place as Police Probe Report of Shots Near Norlin Library

Officers reported no injuries or identified suspect in a late-afternoon update.

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Police activity reported at University of Colorado Boulder.

Overview

  • CU Boulder and Boulder police said they were evacuating Norlin Library and Sewell Hall as they secured the area.
  • The shelter order applied to the main campus, and the university said East Campus was not included.
  • Campus police said they were investigating a report of shots fired at Norlin Library on Monday.
  • The alert was distributed through the university’s emergency notification system with instructions to avoid the area.
  • The incident was reported during a wave of hoax active-shooter calls at other universities, with no determination on any link.