PHOENIX (AP) - The Latest on a barricade situation at a DeVry University campus in Phoenix (all times local):
11:25 a.m.
Phoenix police say a person who barricaded himself alone in a room at a DeVry University campus in Phoenix is in custody.
Sgt. Vince Lewis says officers will evaluate what charges police may recommend to prosecutors in connection with the Tuesday morning incident in which the person was described as having a knife.
No additional information was released on how the barricade situation ended but Lewis previously said the person is a non-student who walked onto the campus and asked for an ambulance for some reason.
Lewis said the person was directed to go into one room but went into a different one where he barricaded himself.
According to Lewis, there was no injury or threat and that police have spoken with the person through the door.
He said classes at the campus were canceled for the day and evening.
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10:35 a.m.
A Phoenix Department spokesman says a person who has barricaded himself alone in a room at a DeVry University campus in Phoenix has been described as erratic.
Sgt. Vince Lewis says the person in the room is a non-student who walked onto the campus Tuesday morning and asked for an ambulance for some reason. Lewis says the person was directed to wait in a room but went into a different one and barricaded himself.
Lewis says there’s been no injury or threat and that police have spoken with the person through the door.
He says classes at the campus have been canceled for the day and evening.
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8:55 a.m.
Phoenix police say they’re speaking with a person who reportedly has a knife and who has barricaded himself alone in a room at a vocational college.
Sgt. Vince Lewis says there have been no threats or injuries in the incident involving a person who isn’t a student and who walked onto a DeVry University campus in northwest Phoenix Tuesday morning.
Lewis says an unspecified number of students have been temporarily relocated on the campus for their safety and that police are speaking to the barricaded person through the door of the room.
The person’s age wasn’t released and no additional information is immediately available.
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