>> THIS IS BREAKING NEWS.
>> WE INTERRUPT THE STEVE HARVEY SHOW TO BRING YOU BREAKING US FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
>> UNIVERSITY LEADERS SAY AN ARMED SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY AFTER THREATENING TO SHOOT A STUDENT ON CAMPUS.
ANCHOR: UNIVERSITY LEADERS ARE GIVING AN UPDATE SINCE THE LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN LIFTED.
LET’S LISTEN IN.
>> BASED OFF THE INFORMATION WE HAD, IT LET US TO DO A LOCKDOWN OF THE CAMPUS.
ONCE WE DID A LOT DOWN, WE CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE AND THE FONDLING -- FOLLOWING AGENCIES RESPONDED WITHIN MINUTES.
GREENSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE SHERIFFS OFFICE, AND THE FBI ALL RESPONDED TO ASSIST US WITH THIS LOCKDOWN.
OUR OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND THEY WERE ON THE SCENE WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
AT THAT TIME, WE TRIED TO EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM THE VICTIM WHO WAS VERY UNCOOPERATIVE SO THAT WE HAD TO GET INFORMATION, OTHERWISE, WE WERE I TO GET -- ABLE TO
IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT.
ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT AND CONFIRM THAT THIS WAS THE SUSPECT, THAT LED US TO GIVE ALL CLEAR FOR THE CAMPUS.
I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS REAL QUICK.
THANKS TO ALL THE AGENCIES WHO RESPONDED HERE AND HELP US RING THIS TO A CLOSE WITHIN THE MATTER OF A COUPLE OF HOURS AND I WANTED TO OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR COMMUNITY RECEIVED THE NOTIFICATION.
OUR STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF WENT INTO LOCKDOWN AND THEY PAID ATTENTION AS WE CONTINUED TO SEND UPDATES SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WILL TAKE JUST A FEW QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
>> HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT, IS HE UNDER ARREST?
>> THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING.
WE DID IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT.
HE IS A NONSTUDENT, BUT HE IS A RESIDENT OF GREENSBORO.
>> IS HE UNDER ARREST?
>> HE IS NOT UNDER ARREST AT THIS TIME.
>> THE VICTIM WAS UNCOOPERATIVE AND [INAUDIBLE] THE INVESTIGATION.
IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET INFORMATION AND THE VICTIM WAS UNCOOPERATIVE.
I CANNOT ANSWER THAT.
TO >> RELATIONSHIP?
>> WE CANNOT CONFIRM THEIR -- IF THERE WAS A RELATIONSHIP.
>> YOU ARE IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECT?
>> I AM NOT AT THIS POINT RELEASING THE NAME BECAUSE OF THE INVESTIGATION STILL ONGOING.
>> WAS THE GUN PRESENTED OR WAS IT A THREAT?
>> WE ARE TRYING TO CONFIRM THAT.
>> ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HIM?
>> WE ARE NOT.
HE IS BEING DETAINED AND BEING QUESTIONED BY POLICE.
>> WERE SECURITY CAMERAS IN PLACE?
>> SECURITY CAMERAS ARE IN PLACE AND WE ARE STILL SEARCHING LOOKING AT THAT INFORMATION.
>> HE IS IN CUSTODY?
NO, HE IS BEING DETAINED AT THIS POINT AND BEING QUESTIONED BY POLICE.
>> DOESN’T -- DID THE LOCKDOWN GO AS PLANNED?
>> IT DID GO AS PLANNED.
OUR COMMUNITY RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION AND THEY START DOING WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO WHICH WAS SHELTER IN PLACE.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THE VICTIM IS?
>> DID SHE MAKE THEIR -- THEIR COMPLAINT -- MAKE A COMPLAINT QUESTION >> WE RECEIVE THAT FROM STAFF.
THEY DID NOT WITNESS IT BUT WITH A -- THEY RECEIVED INFORMATION AND CALLED THE POLICE.
>> AT NO POINT WERE SHOTS FIRED AREA AND >> NO SHOTS, NO INJURIES.
>> NO WEAPONS TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
>> WE ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE THAT.
UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS WHAT LED US TO THE LOCKDOWN IS WE RECEIVED, OUR ORIGINAL CALL WAS THAT WE RECEIVED THE SUSPECTED HAVE A WEAPON IN THEIR POSSESSION.
>> WAS THE SUSPECT COOPERATIVE?
>> HE IS COOPERATING AS THIS POINT.
[INAUDIBLE] NEAR THE FOOTBALL STADIUM.
>> WE ALONG WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF POLICE ARE DETAINING HIM.
>> [INAUDIBLE] >> THANK YOU TO THE AGENCIES WHO RESPONDED TO BRING IT REST TO A CLOSE, THANK YOU TO MY COMANCHE WHO ADHERED TO OUR ALERT AND SHELTERED IN PLACE TO KEEP US
SAFE.
THANK YOU.
>> [INAUDIBLE] >> WHEN WE CALL FOR ASSISTANCE, WE ASSESS THAT AND IF WE THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR THEM TO BE HERE, THEY WILL COME AND GIVE US WHATEVER ASSISTANCE.
>> WHAT TIME DID YOU FIND HIM?
>> I DON’T HAVE AN EXACT TIME.
ROUGHLY YOU SOMEWHERE BETWEEN AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES UNTIL TWO HOURS AFTER THE CALL.
>> CAN YOU SAY FEDERAL OR STATE OR FBI?
>> FEDERAL.
>> HE IS A NONSTUDENT.
>> OF THE SUBJECT BEING DETAINED IS A NONSTUDENT.
>> WAS HE HIDING?
>> HE WAS NOT HIDING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
ANCHOR: YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO A PRESS CONFERENCE FROM NORTH CAROLINA WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING US AN UPDATE ABOUT THE LOCKDOWN THAT WAS IN PLACE FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS BECAUSE THERE
WAS A REPORT OF AN ARMED MAN ON CAMPUS WHO APPARENTLY ALLEGEDLY THREATENED A FEMALE STUDENT.
ANOTHER STAFF MEMBERAT THAT INFORMATION AND THEY REPORTED THAT INFORMATION.
THEN THE FBI, THE GREENSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, GUILFORD COUNTY SHERIFF SHARES DEPARTMENT MOVED IN.
ANCHOR: THEY LAST SAW THE SUSPECT RUNNING FROM PRIDE HALT TO THE STADIUM.
SEVERAL FACILITIES WERE PLACED ON LOCKDOWN CAN THE COLLEGE WAS LOCKED DOWN, THE MIDDLE COLLEGE AND THE STEM EARLY COLLEGE WERE PLACED ON LOCKDOWN AS A PRECAUTION BECAUSE THEY HAD NO
IDEA WHERE THIS MAN WAS.
ALL THE LOCKDOWNS WERE LEFT AROUND THREE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS COMES THREE DAYS AFTER THE GUNMAN OPENED FIRE AT UNC CHARLOTTE SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE FEELINGS THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS
AND STAFF FELT WHEN THEY GOT THAT ALERT THAT THE LOCKDOWN WAS ACTIVE.
ANCHOR: YOU’RE LOOKING AT VIDEO FROM OUR CREWS OUT THERE, A HEAVY POLICE, FBI, AND OFFICER PRESENCE ON CAMPUS WITH GUNS DRAWN.
THIS UNIVERSITY SPANS ABOUT 200 ACRES.
THE ENTIRE TEMPEST RECEIVED AN ALERT, 10,000 -- CAMPUS RECEIVED AN ALERT, 10,000 STUDENTS.
MANY STUDENTS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, HANGING ONTO MOBILE DEVICES.
YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE TWEETS THAT WERE GOING OUT.
>> I WANT TO READ A TWEET, ACTOR OF -- ACTIVE SHOOTER.
NEVER GET TOO COMFORTABLE BECAUSE IT COULD BE TOO LATE.
THAT TELLS YOU THEY ARE COMING OFF THE HEELS OF THAT TRAGEDY AT UNC CHARLOTTE.
THAT SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND IS NOT A STUDENT BUT HE IS A RESIDENT OF GREENSBORO.
HE IS NOT UNDER ARREST, BUT HE IS BEING QUESTIONED BY POLICE AND CANNOT -- AUTHORITIES CANNOT SAY C1 C1 COOPERATING WITH POLICE IN THEIR INVESTIGATION. HOWEVER THE
SUSPECT REPORTEDLY IS COOPERATE.
I’M ALSO TRYING TO DETERMINE AT THIS HOUR IF A GUN WAS ACTUALLY IN POSSESSION OF THE SUSPECT WHO IS STILL ON THE AT THIS APPOINTED TIME. WE DO KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENED NEAR PRIDE HALT
THE THE CALL CAME IN THAT THE SUSPECT DID HAVE A WEAPON HOWEVER AGAIN INVESTIGATORS ARE ON SCENE CANNOT CONFIRM THAT AT THIS HOUR THIS IS A REALLY FLUID SITUATION RIGHT NOW. SO THEY’RE
TRYING TO STILL PIECE THIS ALL TOGETHER. JUST TRYING TO GIVE A SENSE OF EASE TO THOSE AIM OF THE GREENSBORO AND SURROUNDING AREA AROUND AND CANTE THAT THE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY. THEY SENT
OUT SEVERAL UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY JUST ALERTING MANY OF THESE STAFF MEMBERS ONE OF THOSE ALERTS INCLUDED. JUST LETTING THE PEOPLE KNOW IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY THE JUST LETTING THE
PEOPLE KNOW IN THE COMMUNITY EXACTLY WHAT THE SUSPECT LOOKS LIKE. SO WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING YOU MORE UPDATES AS SOON AS WE WE GET MORE INFORMATION STICK WITH WXI. WXII
12 NEW THIS IS BREAKING NEWS WERE FOLLOWING HER TO LIVE HERE IN THE TRIBE WHO GREENSBORO COLLEGE HAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN AFTER A REPORT OF A GUNMAN COMES. JUST THREE DAYS AFTER A
MAN OPENED FIRE INSIDE A CLOUD OR UNC CHARLOTTE OUR TEAM HAS YOU COVERED THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON A BUSY FRIDAY AND D SO YOU CAN JOINS US LIVE FROM BENNETT COLLEGE, BUT FIRST WE GO
TO BILL O’NEILL AT NC A&T BILL.
WE JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN THIS CASE. YEAH. WE WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS THE POLICE HERE ON CAMPUS AT NORTH CAROLINA A&T.
TELL US THIS GENTLEMAN HAS NOT BEEN ARRESTED. THEY SAY HEY HAVE DETAINED HIM. THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED HIS IDENTITY. THEY TELL US THAT ROUGHLY 10:00 TO 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON. IT WAS SOME KIND
OF AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN INSIDE A DORM ON CAMPUS PRIDE HALL THE WOMAN INVOLVED IN ALL THIS DID NOT MAKE A COMPLAINT SOMEHOW THE INFORMATION OF THAT ALTERCATION
REACHED A STAFF. BABE, THREAT WAS MADE ABOUT A GUN SOMEONE BEING SHOT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THERE’S NO EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS A GUN INVOLVED IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS ACTUALLY WAS
AN ALTERCATION OTHER THAN IT WAS PASSED ON TO A STAFF MEMBER THAT IT WAS POLICE. TELL US HERE ON THE CAMPUS OF A AUNTIE THAT ROUGHLY AN HOUR AGO. MAYBE NOT EVEN QUITE THAT THEY FOUND THIS
GENTLEMAN NEAR THE FOOTBALL FIELD. THEY CLAIMED HE WAS NOT HIDING AT THE TIME. THEY ALSO TELL US THAT THE VICTIM WAS WOMAN INVOLVED IN THIS CASE WAS NOT COOPERATIVE. APPARENTLY.
THERE WAS SOME KIND OF A THING BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. LAST.
WAS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MAN AND THE WOMAN THEY TELL US NOT THAT THEY’RE AWARE OF AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE WOMAN INVOLVED AS A STUDENT ARE TELLING US THAT THE SUSPECTED
GUNMAN HAD AGAIN, I USE THAT WORD LIGHTLY IS NOT A STUDENT AT THIS TIME. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF A WEAPON IS ALSO NO ARRESTS POLICE. TELL US THEY HAVE DETAINED THIS GENTLEMAN FOR
QUESTIONING. THEY HAVE NOT FOUND A WEAPON OF THIS TIME, AND THEY HAVE NOT ARRESTED HIM AS YET ON THE CAMPUS OF A DEITY. DEITY.
I’M BILL O’NEILL WXII 12 NEWS I’M STEVE KING HERE ON THE CAMPUS OF BENNETT COLLEGE WHERE TO PRETTY TRANQUIL FEEL RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE WAS A LOCKDOWN PUT IN PLACE FOR AN HOUR DURING
THAT INCIDENT AT NC A&T. I’M ACTUALLY STANDING IN THE QUAD RIGHT NOW FRONT OF WHERE TO GRADUATION IS SET FOR TOMORROW NOW, I DID SPEAK WITH SOME STUDENTS ON CAMPUS. THEY SAY
THAT THEY’RE JUST REALLY GLAD THAT NOT MANY OF THEIR CLASSMATES WERE HERE ON CAMPUS AT THE TIME WHEN THE LOCKDOWN WAS PUT IN PLACE AS FINALS WERE THIS WEEK AND GRADUATION IS
TOMORROW. THERE WERE SOME STUDENTS ON CAMPUS SOME TURNING IN PAPERWORK FOR THE LAST WEEK OF FINALS, BUT ALL IN ALL THE CAMPUS WAS MUCH MORE EMPTY THAN USUAL THAN THE OF COURSE IF THIS
WAS A REGULAR CLASS DAY NOW, THERE ARE ALSO SOME ALUMNI ON CAMPUS THAT I TALKED TO WHO SAY THAT THEY WERE CELEBRATING THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF GRADUATING AND THAT’S WHY THEY’RE ON CAMPUS
THIS WEEK AND THEY SAY THAT THEY WERE IN A SHOP WHEN THE LOCKDOWN WAS PUT INTO EFFECT A CAMPUS SECURITY OFFICIAL TOLD THEM.
THERE’S AN INCIDENT AT NC A&T AND THEY HAD TO BE ON LOCKDOWN AGAIN THE LASTED ABOUT AN HOUR LOCKDOWN OFFICIALLY PUT IN PLACE BENNETT COLLEGE AT 150 HE 3:03 P.M. BUT FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE
FROM GREENSBORO STEVE KING WXII 12 NEWS STEVE BILL. THANK YOU BOTH WANT TO SHOW YOU ALL SOME SWEETS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS FROM STUDENTS WHO WERE IN THE MIDST OF THAT LOG DOWN FROM
EARLIER TODAY. WE KNOW THAT ONE STUDENT WAS THINKING GOD THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY. GILANI SAID GOD IS GOOD AND THEY ARE THANKFUL THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY THE NEXT WEEK THIS
AFTERNOON COMES FROM ANOTHER STUDENT ON CAMPUS. HE SAID AFTER SUGAR OF NOT IS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY NEVER GET TOO COMFORTABLE BECAUSE IT COULD BE SIMPLY TOO LATE. AND OF COURSE
THESE STUDENTS ARE YOU KNOW, THEIR NERVES ARE KIND OF STILL SHAKEN UP FROM WHAT HAPPENED AT UNC CHARLOTTE. YEAH, JUST THREE DAYS AGO WHERE GUNMEN THERE OPENED FIRE KILLING TO STUDENTS
AND INJURING FOUR OTHERS WERE GOING TO HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE HERE IN THE TRIAD ON OUR WEBSITE W