Crime & Safety
Update: 'Language Barrier' Led to False Alarm Over Armed Men
Investigators have determined that 'no crime was committed and no weapon was observed or implied.'
Update, 7:31 p.m.
Investigators have determined that "no crime was committed and no weapon was observed or implied" during Wednesday night's episode, according to a statement from the university.
The initial reporting of the incident "was hindered by a language barrier," UMd. officials said, but Prince George's County police have since closed the case.
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Original article:
The University of Maryland was briefly put on alert Wednesday morning as police investigated a report of two men wielding guns near campus.
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At 2:24 a.m., the school's Department of Public Safety issued a bulletin warning of a possible armed individual in the area of West Park Drive and University Boulevard.
Officials later reported that two men had been spotted running away from campus towards 25th Avenue.
An all-clear was eventually issued at 3:10 a.m. after "thorough checks of the area" by university and Prince George's County police.
University police Capt. Marc Limansky told The Diamondback that it wasn't clear if the men had committed any crime, but that investigators were still searching the area.
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