All-clear given at Ball State University after armed person report
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Ball State University has issued an all-clear after police searched several campus buildings following reports that an armed person might be on the central Indiana campus.
The university sent an all-clear notice about 7:50 p.m. EST Friday, some three hours after issuing an alert reporting a "possible armed assailant" near the Muncie campus' Student Recreation and Wellness Center. The all-clear notice said the campus was secure.
Ball State spokesman Tony Proudfoot says multiple witnesses had reported hearing someone repeatedly shout "gun!" on the Recreation and Wellness Building's third-floor running track. But he said no weapon was found on the campus about 60 miles northeast of Indianapolis.
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The campus was partially locked down as police and state troopers swept through the recreation building and four adjoining buildings.