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Police at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are responding to an “armed and dangerous person on or near campus,” according to an alert from the university on Monday.

Edit: AlertCarolina issued an all clear message at 4:15pm local time.

From WRAL

One person, a UNC faculty member, has died in the shooting.

One person was taken into police custody as of 3:15 p.m.

Police at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are responding to an “armed and dangerous person on or near campus,” according to an alert from the university on Monday.

“Remain sheltered in place. This is an ongoing situation. Suspect at large,” the university said in an alert sent just before 2:30 p.m., about 90 minutes after the first alert was sent.

According to the student paper The Daily Tar Heel, at least one person has been wounded.

University police are advising students, faculty and staff to:

Go inside immediately. Close windows and doors. Stay until further notice. Follow directions from emergency responders or University officials.

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    The report of the shooting and subsequent lockdown paralyzed campus and parts of the surrounding town of Chapel Hill a week after classes began at the state’s flagship public university. The university has approximately 20,000 undergraduate students and 12,000 graduate students.

    A student told TV station WTVD that she had barricaded her dormitory door with her furniture. Another student, speaking softly, described hiding in fear with others in a dark bathroom.

    Noel T. Brewer, a professor of health behavior, said he was once held at gunpoint in his mother’s jewelry store, but that Monday’s apparent shooting and lockdown was “far more stressful.”

    Speaking from his locked office where he hid with other colleagues, Brewer, 57, said by phone that he was getting little information.

    Brewer, a married father of two young kids, said he felt for anyone who might have been shot.

    “But even in our own building, the students who are locked down and what they’re thinking about — it’s just a lot. It’s a terrible situation,” said Brewer.

    It was also the first day of kindergarten for Brewer’s 5-year-old son. His elementary school was also on lockdown.

    “He doesn’t know what’s going on. And at some point, he’s going to realize that he hasn’t gotten on the bus when he’s supposed to,” he said.

    Brewer, who also has a 2-year-old added: “My husband and I have been trading texts and trying to figure out what to do … Just wondering how our kids are feeling. It’s a lot.”

    One of Brewer’s colleagues is visiting from Africa and staying in the U.S. for the first time.

    “She said her one concern was guns and possibly something happening at the university,” Brewer said. “And this was her first faculty meeting, and her worst nightmare came true.”

    As he and his colleagues waited in locked offices, they texted each other about whether it was safe to walk to the bathroom.

    “We’re trying to tell each other stories and talk about cooking and trying to not get worked up,” he said. “But at the same time, we’re fielding lots of texts and calls from friends and family and colleagues.”

    ABC news and the AP