Cornell University news – Warning to ‘evacuate and avoid’ law school as ‘staff and students shelter-in-place’

CORNELL University has been evacuated as a staff and students shelter was put in place.

The warning was made at the Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York, this afternoon. 

Cornell university is under lockdown

It is unclear what the emergency measure is about.

At about 2.20pm ET, New York’s Cornell University sent out a tweet informing people to evacuate and avoid certain areas on the school’s campus.

The tweet read: “CornellALERT: EVACUATE AND AVOID THE LAW SCHOOL,GOLDWIN SMITH, UPSON HALL AND KENNEDY HALL PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE CORNELL POLICE UNLESS YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY”.

A second tweet followed, stating: “CornellALERT: Ithaca Campus Evacuate and avoid the law school, Goldwin Smith, Upson Hall and Kennedy Hall.”

One user responded to the university’s tweet, saying: “I’ve heard from a current student that there is a bomb threat around Goldwin smith and an active shooter at the law school. I don’t know anything about upson or Kennedy.”

There are currently no confirmed reports about what is going on.

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