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Colorado State University Police issued a public safety alert regarding threats of violence around the CSU Health and Medical center on Aug. 20 at 12:58 p.m. Students were advised to avoid the area and the facility went into lockdown at 1:08 p.m.
The issue was resolved at 1:40 p.m. CSU Public Safety reports that the person of interest has been contacted by police and there are no ongoing threats in the area.
“This came in as a threat of violence investigation,” said Nik Olsen, CSU’s director of Crisis communication. “CSU was able to issue an all-clear message after the person of interest has been contacted by a co-responder with CSU police as well as officers.”
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