Police searching for armed suspect at Georgia university
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Columbus State University police say they're searching the Georgia campus after receiving a report of an armed suspect in a campus building.
Columbus State said in a statement shortly before noon Wednesday that campus police are searching for a man described as being 17 to 19 years old, and wearing dark clothes and a stocking cap.
In an alert sent to students, the university said residents are encouraged to stay in their rooms; and that others are encouraged to avoid the area as police search for the suspect.
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The school is in Columbus, Georgia, about 100 miles southwest of Atlanta near the Georgia-Alabama line.