Following multiple exhaustive searches, University of Toledo Police Chief Jeff Newton confirmed there is no evidence to corroborate a report of a gunman or victim in UT\u2019s Student Union.<\/p>\n
UT Police issued the all clear following a report of a dangerous situation earlier this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Just before 4 p.m., a man called Toledo Police\u2019s non-emergency line and alleged he had a gun to his head and that he had stabbed his girlfriend in the Student Union.<\/p>\n
The caller disconnected and then called UTPD dispatch and at 3:54 p.m. gave this same information to dispatchers.<\/p>\n
UTPD officers were immediately dispatched to the Student Union at 3:56 p.m. and arrived before 4 p.m. The officers immediately evacuated all persons from the building and began a preliminary sweep.<\/p>\n
Due to a potentially dangerous situation, a UT Alert \u2014 which consists of an email to every UT student and employee and a text message to those who have signed up to receive them \u2014 went out at 4:08 p.m. ordering the UT community to stay away from the Student Union. An outdoor public address announcement also was made and the information was placed on www.utoledo.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ottawa Hills Police, Toledo Police, Ohio State Highway Patrol and Toledo Fire responded to assist, and a perimeter was established around the Student Union. A second sweep of the building was conducted looking for the alleged victim or suspect.<\/p>\n Toledo SWAT did a final intensive room-by-room search in the building and no victim or suspect were found.<\/p>\n Anyone who has additional information about this incident or knowledge of anything unusual that would be helpful to this investigation is encouraged to contact University of Toledo Police at 419.530.2600.<\/p>\n The Student Union is set to reopen 7 a.m. Monday, May 4. If you left property inside the building during the evacuation, please contact UTPD at 419.530.2601 and an officer will assist you in retrieving your items. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Following multiple exhaustive searches, UT Police Chief Jeff Newton confirmed there is no evidence to corroborate a report Saturday of a gunman or victim in UT\u2019s Student Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34147"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34147"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34153,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34147\/revisions\/34153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}