University of Arkansas chancellor gives additional details on active shooter hoax

Video: ‘I was jumping over tables, trying to get to a safe place,’ University of Arkansas students react after active shooter hoax

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University of Arkansas Chancellor Charles F. Robinson updated students, faculty and staff on the active shooter hoax at the Fayetteville campus that took place on Monday.

The chancellor’s Tuesday email confirmed that nobody was injured and there was no active shooter on the campus.

Robinson stated the incident began with the 12:24 p.m. call to the university’s police departments via 911 that a shooter was active at the Mullins Library. The call included the sound of gunfire, he stated.

A RazALERT was immediately sent out, the chancellor said.

He continued that over the next two hours, university police received more than 300 additional