Police say hoax possible as Yale lockdown lifted

Police were investigating a possible hoax after Yale University was locked down for several hours Monday as police and SWAT teams found no trace of a reported gunman on the New Haven campus.

University officials instructed students and staff to "shelter in place" after an anonymous 911 caller said just before 10 a.m. that his roommate wanted to shoot up the school and was heading to the main campus with a rifle, according to police.

By 4:40 p.m., the school had lifted the shelter-in-place and lockdown orders for all parts of campus.

Most students have already left campus for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The Ivy League university issued its initial lockdown order at 10:17 a.m. ET.

Police say the tip was called in at 9:48 a.m. from a phone booth near campus. The caller said his roommate had a long gun, according to police spokesman officer David Hartman. The caller, who did not identify himself as a Yale student, stayed on the phone only a few seconds.

"All he really said was that his roommate was on his way to the university, to Yale University, to shoot people," he said.

Hartman said "several" witnesses later told police they saw someone with a rifle or shotgun on the loose.

Source: usatoday

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