Overview
- UVA Police sent an emergency alert shortly after 3 p.m. reporting an active attacker with a gun near Shannon Library and instructing people to RUN-HIDE-FIGHT.
- Officers arrived within minutes and restricted academic buildings to access-control-only entry.
- Later updates from UVA Police said there was no evidence of an attacker as the investigation continued.
- Students described barricading and confusion while the Charlottesville Fire Department assisted university and city police.
- Officials told the community to keep following RUN-HIDE-FIGHT guidance until an all-clear is issued.