#Prayers: University of North Carolina was once again on lockdown due to an “armed and dangerous person on/near campus”. This comes a little over two weeks after a graduate student shot and killed a Professor on campus that had the University on lockdown for hours.
UNC Police shared a message to their X account that read: “Alert Carolina! Emergency: Armed, dangerous person on or near campus. Go inside now; avoid windows.” Chapel Hill police say Mickel Deonte Harris, 27, of Durham, has been arrested, according to WNCN. Harris was reportedly wanted in connection to a Sept. 5 assault.
In a statement, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said the situation began with reports that a person had brandished a weapon at the Student Union. No shots were fired.
“The situation was related to a personnel matter for one of our auxiliary units,” Guskiewicz said. UNC Chapel Hill has canceled class and suspended non-mandatory operations for Wednesday.
“I am grateful to our UNC Police and Emergency Operations team for managing this situation quickly and efficiently,” Guskiewicz said. “Thank you to our faculty, staff and students for their cooperation and patience as we continue to strive to keep our community safe.”
As we previously reported, a former University of North Carolina student was taken into custody on August 28th after killing a Professor at the university. The former student, Tailei Qi was arrested shortly after the fatal shooting and has been charged with first-degree murder and having a “gun on educational property.”
UNC Police announced at 2:35 p.m. on that day that officers are looking for a person of interest in connection with the “armed and dangerous person situation.” Anyone who sees this person, pictured below, is asked to keep their distance and call 911, authorities said. The image appeared to match a photo on the UNC directory of graduate student Tailei Qi.