UPDATE:
According to reports, at 4:23PM a message was sent out saying that the lock down was over and students could continue with normal activities. No injuries have been reported.
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The University of South Florida (USF) website has been updated this afternoon to inform students that there has been an armed intruder on its Tampa Campus.
An update at 1:50PM this afternoon informed all students to stay indoors and lock their doors.
A second update at 2:09PM warned that the intruder was in the main campus library and that the Bull Runner Transit System (the University’s bus service) has been closed down.
At 2:48PM the website was updated again to say that the USF police got a report that a subject with a bomb and gun was somewhere around the main library. There has also been a report that the subject in question was riding a bus in the area. The police are investigating these reports. Knightnews.com will continue to investigate and provide details as they come.
Here at UCF we also have ways to protect students when life-threatening events happen on campus. According to emergency.ucf.edu, in case of an emergency, the primary way to contact students would be through updates on the main page of the UCF website, four outdoor sirens which will produce a tone followed by an emergency message, text messages, Knights Email, and through NOAA weather radios (in case of a weather emergency).
Besides the primary methods, the university would also try informing students through the UCF main telephone line, employee two-way radios, Bright House Emergency Alert Systems, vehicle public address speakers, press releases to local news sources and radios, and through social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
