A death investigation was underway at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs on Friday morning after a shooting led to a campus lockdown and dormitory residents were ordered to shelter in place.
The Colorado Springs Police Department said this was not an active shooter situation, but university officials confirmed there was a shooting on campus Friday morning in a 9:46 a.m. post on X.
Colorado Springs police officers were on campus for a death investigation, according to a statement from the department posted at 8:16 a.m. Friday, an hour after the university closed the campus and ordered a lockdown.
Students living in Alpine Village at UCCS — a complex that includes six separate dormitory buildings — were told to shelter in place Friday morning, according to a post from campus police.
“We do not want movement in and around these areas,” university officials wrote in a safety alert.
All other students and faculty were free to leave the shut-down campus.
The shelter-in-place order was lifted at 9:36 a.m., according to an update from campus police.
University police first clued the campus into the situation with an alarming safety alert just after 7 a.m. Friday.
“Lockdown!” the alert stated. “Lock interior doors. Turn out the lights. Move away from sight. Do not open the door. Maintain silence. Evade/Defend.”
Eight minutes later, safety officials clarified that there was no active shooter.
CU’s Colorado Springs campus will remain closed for the rest of the day.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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