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UCF Police Respond to Library Following Report of Gunwoman

UCF Police Respond to Library Following Report of Gunwoman
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - 

UPDATE 5 P.M. Tuesday: UCF Police say no threat was found. They tweeted the following: "Library cleared, no threat found. Call 911 to report suspicious activity. Campus operations normal."

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Campus police say they've evacuated the University of Central Florida library following unconfirmed reports of a woman with a gun.

UCF police posted on their official Twitter page Tuesday afternoon that they received a social media report of a gunwoman, and officers were responding to the scene. The library was placed on lockdown, and police were asking people to avoid the area.

Located in Orlando, UCF is one of the largest universities in the country, with over 60,000 students.