Police respond to ‘armed and dangerous person’ at North Carolina University

Dramatic images show a suspect arrested after an ‘active shooter’ sent the University of North Carolina into lockdown just days after a mass shooting in Jacksonville.

Police have arrested a suspected gunman at the University of North Carolina, with dramatic footage showing the alleged ‘active shooter’ handcuffed on the ground.

Police had issued an emergency alert at the Chapel Hill university amid reports of an active shooting situation near campus after a man with a gun was near the university bell tower.

Footage of a suspect arrested after a shooting at a US university. Picture: Supplied

Local law enforcement and UNC officials issued the alert just after 1pm Monday, local time, about “an armed and dangerous person” on or near the campus.

UNC has released a photo of a “person of interest” to social media, warning people to stay clear.

This photo shows a person of interest in today’s armed and dangerous person situation. If you see this person, keep your distance, put your safety first and call 911. pic.twitter.com/NHG5CTjby4

— UNC Police (@UNCPolice) August 28, 2023

At least one person was wounded, a local media outlet reported.

Just after 2pm. Alert Carolina issued another update saying that the campus was on lockdown for “the active assailant situation.”

Students were put under a shelter-in-place order as police and paramedics responded to the scene, where at least one shot was allegedly heard fired.

Just got this video from my friend who is in hiding right now during the shooting at UNC Chapel Hill. He’s watching the cops search for the shooter. pic.twitter.com/Himi8v6sJQ

— Samuel Schwartz🟧 (@samschwartz03) August 28, 2023

The investigation was focused along South Road near Caudill Labs, which is across the street from the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower.

Some students on campus told ABC11 that phone networks were jammed so they’d been texting their parents with updates.

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