False weapon threat reported at University of Tennessee in Knoxville

Knoxville Police received a phone call falsely reporting that a person was on the University of Tennessee (UT) campus with a weapon on Monday, just days after a similar situation at the Chattanooga campus.

The call came in at about 1:00pm, stating there was someone with a weapon at Hodges Library.

The police department only received one phone call about the false threat, and UT police arrived on scene within one minute.

Officers reviewed security cameras in and around the library to determine there was no real threat.

They also searched the building as a precaution, with the same result.

There have been no reported injuries.

This comes just days after Chattanooga police received a similar phone call, falsely saying there was a shooter at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's l