Lockdown ends at Texas A&M University
Posted: 10.28.2010 at 4:54 PM Updated: 10.28.2010 at 5:55 PM

Cadet with replica rifle prompts campus scare

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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS (AP) -- Texas A&M University no longer has a lockdown on its main campus after a report of a suspected gunman on campus turned out to be a person with a replica weapon.

The university's emergency notification system, called "Code Maroon," says there is no danger and people should resume normal activity on campus.

University spokesman Lane Stephenson had said a campus bus driver was on his route around 4 p.m. Thursday when he reported seeing an individual carrying a weapon, possibly a rifle, near the student union.

But about 90 minutes later, A&M officials determined the person was actually someone carrying a replica weapon.

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