UPDATE UCF Police has completed its investigation and concluded that there was no man with a knife in the Lake Claire residence hall this morning. The report made to police by a student was inaccurate.


A UCF Alert message sent out early Tuesday morning notified students of a man wielding a knife on campus.

A student contacted police after seeing a man with a knife in a hallway at UCF’s on-campus Lake Claire Apartments. UCF Police immediately searched the area but did not find the individual. A police review is ongoing for the man who is described as 6-foot-2 with a slender build, long brown hair, a black shirt and white pants.

An alert message sent out to students early Tuesday morning reported an aggravated assault, but campus officials later said that there was no attack or assault and the report of a man with a knife was inaccurate.

The UCF Alert message was sent to students at around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.

“*UCF Alert* Aggravated assault, Lake Clair Apartments, White Male, 6’2″ slender build, long bwn hair, blk shirt & wht pants. Fled area w/knife. Report suspicious activity to 911.”

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