Alleged gunman on campus here at ECU

[Ricky Spanish]

We are on lockdown at the moment. I am currently locked in the science and tech building in my Sales class.

Oh golly.

[sunbunny]

wral just broke the news of it.

[PantherBrew]

oh snap.

[sunbunny]

The campus of East Carolina University is on lockdown after an armed man was seen nearby.

ECU police say they are in the process of securing all campus buildings. There is also a large-scale police action with Greenville police at 4th & Reade Circle. WITN's Lynnette Taylor says police have surrounded a Greenville transit bus, believing the gunman could be onboard.

An ECU alert says there was a report of armed individual on Fifth Street. The alert says people should take shelter inside a building, close and secure doors.

Greenville police say they got a report around 10:00 a.m. of an armed man on East Fifth Street and confirmed the man then crossed onto campus. Greenville police are coordinating the search with ECU police.

Alert sirens on campus were telling people to seek a safe place.

WITN News has multiple crews on campus and will have updates on this developing story as they become available.

http://www.witn.com/news/headlines/BREAKING_NEWS__Police_Action_On_ECU_Campus_133958673.html

[Bronn]

didn't this same thing just happen at UNCW recently?

[Henne Given Sunday]

Be safe bro.

[Darth Biscuit]

didn't this same thing just happen at UNCW recently?

Yep, some guy with a gun robbed somebody at the Hardees next to campus and then ran on campus... this was like Monday night I think.

Same guy?

[Ricky Spanish]

I hope no one gets hurt, I really do.

on the bright side, my next class has been cancelled

[sunbunny]

White male, wearing a cowboy hat, backpack, and armed. That really narrows it down.

[Dpantherman]

Grits?

[Ricky Spanish]

White male, wearing a cowboy hat, backpack, and armed. That really narrows it down.

where'd you see that?

[Darth Biscuit]

Grits?

Exactly what I was thinking...

[sunbunny]

where'd you see that?

Comments section under the witn story. The lady who posted it said that was the text the faculty received.

[sunbunny]

per Joyner Security personnel...white male, late 30's, wearing a cowboy hat with a backpack.

here's another