A faculty member at the University of North Carolina was shot dead in a shooting on campus on Monday, officials said, adding a suspect was arrested and the threat was cleared by late afternoon
"I'm devastated the UNC community lost a faculty member in an act of violence on campus," the institution's chancellor, Kevin Guskiewicz, said in a statement.
Police issued an "all clear" for the campus around two hours later and said there was no further immediate threat. During the stand-off, there was heavy police presence around the campus, media footage from the scene showed. The university has a student population of about 32,000, along with about 4,100 faculty and 9,000 staff members.
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