Editor’s note: This is an ongoing breaking news story. Updates will be provided as they become available.
Just after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Colorado State University sent out an emergency alert via email advising avoidance of the area around Laurel Hall on The Oval. The alert was provided by NoCo Alert, and the email comes after an alert that a deceased individual was found in Alpine Hall earlier today.
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At 9:20 p.m., another message was sent out saying that the shelter in place was lifted.
“Law enforcement from the CSU and Fort Collins Police Departments conducted a thorough search of the area, and the suspect is believed to have fled campus,” the alert reads.
According to the alert, the incident occurred just before 8 p.m.
At 8:55 p.m., another email alerted students of “police activity on campus following an aggravated assault with a knife near Laurel Hall on the Oval at CSU.”
The alert asked residents to shelter in place, as the individual may have still been on campus. The suspect is described as a white male in his 30s and wearing a black backpack and a black shirt and being on foot.
The email notes that the incident is being “investigated separately from the event early today” and lists safety resources from the university.
At 8 a.m. Thursday, the victim of the aggravated assault was confirmed to be treated and released from the hospital.
Updates will be provided as they become available.
Reach Aubree Miller at news@collegian.com or on Instagram @aubree.miller07.
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Lori Ann Feig-Sandoval • Oct 17, 2024 at 3:18 pm
I am a non CSUh related resident of Fort Collins with writing experience and I quite enjoy this publication. It’s generally well written and creative in its approach. I particularly appreciated the issue where your staff and that of the CU student newspaper wrote together for the week of Rocky Mountain Showdown. Keep up the good work!