by Police responded to the University of Oklahoma Friday night after an active shooter report and later found no sign of a shooting or injuries, authorities said.
“At this point, we’ll probably say it was a hoax call,” University of Oklahoma Police Chief Nate Tarver told reporters.
At around 9:24 p.m., he received a call reporting gunshots at the university’s campus library in Norman, near Oklahoma City, Tarver said. then the university sent an emergency alert.
“There is an active shooter at the Van Vleet oval. Act immediately now. Run. Hide. Fight!” the university, which has an enrollment of about 26,600 at its Norman campus, said in a tweet.
Nearly 90 minutes after the first alert, the university tweeted that no threat had been found and gave a thumbs up.
April Sandefer, director of media relations for the university, said it was not known if it was a hoax or if someone heard a sound that prompted the report of gunshots.
Police plan to examine video footage from the campus to see if it shows more about what happened, Sandefer said.
Tarver said some confetti was found, like from a party popper, but police couldn’t confirm if that prompted the call.
Video of the scene from NBC affiliate KFOR from Oklahoma City showed a large police presence and ambulances.
Helicopter news footage shown on CBS station’s live coverage Oklahoma City KWTV showed what appeared to be a massive police response.
More than 100 police officers and other first responders from various departments responded to the university.
The scare at the university, known as OU, comes nearly two weeks after a shooter attacked a Nashville, Tennessee, school, killing three children and three adults, and nearly two months after a gunman killed three students at Michigan State University.
