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The university issued an emergency notification just before 1 p.m. Wednesday about an armed or dangerous person on campus.

AND WE CERTAINLY WILL BE COVERING THAT AARON THOMAS REPORTING LIVE FOR US IN ORANGE COUNTY. THANK YOU. &gt;&gt; MANY OF THE STUDENTS WE SPOKE WITH TODAY TALKED ABOUT THE TRAUMA AND FEAR THEY STILL HAVE FROM THE DEADLY SHOOTING ON CAMPUS EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE BUREAU'S CARLY HAYNES AT UNC TONIGHT WITH WHAT TODAY WAS LIKE FOR STUDENTS, INCLUDING ONE WHO WITNESSED THE SUSPECT PULLED OUT THE GUN. CARLY. &gt;&gt; WELL, JERROLD WERE OFFSIDE ALPINE BAGEL CAFE RIGHT NOW. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS. TRASH IS STILL LEFT ON TABLES HERE FROM THE MOMENTS THAT PEOPLE RAN OUT OF THE CAFE TO TAKE SHELTER. NOW, SOME OF THE STUDENTS WE SPOKE WITH TODAY SAID THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THEIR FIRST FULL NORMAL WEEK. OF COURSE, MIDWAY THROUGH. IT WAS ONCE AGAIN DISRUPTED, CAUSING SOME STUDENTS TO WONDER WHAT NORMAL REALLY LOOKS LIKE. &gt;&gt; EMERGENCY SIRENS ECHOED THROUGH UNC CAMPUS. &gt;&gt; STUDENTS HUDDLED INSIDE BUILDINGS AND WAITED TO GET MORE INFORMATION. YOU DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS BEEN HURT. YOU DON'T KNOW THE CALIBER OF THE SITUATION. YOU'RE JUST WAITING TO FIND OUT. &gt;&gt; AGAIN, LATE. &gt;&gt; IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN. &gt;&gt; ALI, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, ROOMMATE SAW THE MOMENTS THAT LED TO THE ALERTS. THEY WERE SITTING IN THE STUDENT UNION WHEN THEY SAW A MAN PULL A GUN ON AN ALPINE BAGEL EMPLOYEE. &gt;&gt; LARRY, KIND OF LIKE HE THROWS LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? I WAS LIKE JUST GET DOWN. THEY WERE JUST 5 FEET AWAY FROM THE SUSPECT. THEY QUICKLY BARRICADED THEMSELVES UNDER A TABLE AND PREPARED FOR ANYTHING THEY CAN DO. &gt;&gt; WATCH THAT MAN DIED AND ALSO COULD HAVE BEEN THAT &gt;&gt; IT'S A LOT. &gt;&gt; WELL, NOBODY WAS INJURED. ANOTHER INCIDENT INVOLVING A GUN IS BRINGING BACK INTENSE FEELINGS OF ANXIETY. &gt;&gt; THERE'S BEEN 2 LOCKDOWNS IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR JUST STARTING SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THERE'S A LOUD NOISE, I I FLINCH A LITTLE BIT AND SEE UNIVERSITY WILL CONTINUE CLASSES TOMORROW WITH THE SCARY MOMENTS OF WEDNESDAY. STILL FRESH AND STUDENTS NIGHTS. I'LL SEE HOW PEOPLE CAN JUST RESUME NORMAL ACTIVITIES. &gt;&gt; SO WHEN WE CAME TO ALPINE BAGEL CAFE, WE SAW THIS WRITTEN IN CHALK OUR GUNS WORTH S. &gt;&gt; SEVERAL OF THE STUDENTS WHO TOOK SHELTER TODAY WERE THE SAME ONES WHO ARE OUT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY YESTERDAY, LOBBYING FOR GUN REFORM. &gt;&gt; SOME RAW EMOTIONS ALL ACROSS

Second armed suspect event at UNC in nearly two weeks 

A Durham man is in custody after police say he waved a gun at an on-campus bagel shop at UNC-Chapel Hill on Wednesday.

BE COOL ENOUGH TO PULL OUT THE JACKETS. THIS WAS THE SCENE ON USC'S CAMPUS. LESS THAN 9 HOURS AGO. POLICE WITH LONG-BARRELED WEAPONS SWARMING THE STUDENT UNION LOOKING FOR A MAN WITH A GUN. &gt;&gt; GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M GERALD OWENS AND I'M LENA TILLETT FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 3 WEEKS, STUDENTS HAD TO FRANTICALLY RUN TO SAFETY. LOOK AT THIS VIDEO LEAVING BACKPACKS AND EVEN THEIR SHOES BEHIND. HERE'S A TIMELINE OF HOW THE SITUATION UNFOLDED TODAY. &gt;&gt; JUST BEFORE 01:00PM, THE EMERGENCY ALERT WENT OUT TELLING PEOPLE TO GO INSIDE AND SHELTER IN PLACE. &gt;&gt; THEN A LITTLE MORE THAN AN HOUR LATER AT 2.10, THE ALL-CLEAR WAS GIVEN AT 2.45. THE MAN WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT WAS ARRESTED. &gt;&gt; TONIGHT WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF WHAT WE'RE LEARNING, INCLUDING THAT THE SUSPECT WAS SEEN WAVING A GUN AT THE ALPINE BAGEL CAFE ON CAMPUS. A SOURCE TELLING WRAL THE MAN WAS THE BOYFRIEND OF A FORMER EMPLOYEE. WE BEGIN NOW WITH WRAL'S AARON THOMAS WITH MORE ON THAT SUSPECT AARON. &gt;&gt; YEAH, ATLANTA TONIGHT WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO UNC POLICE THERE. THE LEAD INVESTIGATING AGENCY ON THIS. WE WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT CHARGES THIS SUSPECT IS FACING. KEEP IN MIND THAT PERSON IS ACTUALLY FAMILIAR WITH POLICE AS HE HAD OUTSTANDING WARRANTS DATING BACK TO SEPTEMBER 5TH. &gt;&gt; THE SUSPECT WHO SENT US THESE CAMPUS INTO LOCKDOWN TODAY MARKING THE SECOND TIME IN A LITTLE MORE THAN 2 WEEKS IS SPENDING THE NIGHT AT THE ORANGE COUNTY JAIL POLICE ARRESTED 27 YEAR-OLD CAL HARRIS OF THE LANE AND CHAPEL HILL. AN APARTMENT COMPLEX JUST NORTH OF CAMPUS. INVESTIGATORS SPENT HOURS ON THE SCENE LONG AFTER HARRIS WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ABOUT ABOUT THE OUTSIDE. AND WE JUST SEE MY LOCAL COPS OUT THERE WITH GUNS IS TO HOLD THEIR GUNS. A NEIGHBOR WHO DIDN'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED DESCRIBED WHAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE HER WINDOW. &gt;&gt; WHILE INVESTIGATORS WERE SEEKING HARRIS OUT IN CONNECTION TO THE GUN SCARE AT UNC, THEY SAY HE HAD OUTSTANDING WARRANTS RELATED TO AN ASSAULT IN TOWN JUST 8 DAYS EARLIER WE HAD AN INCIDENT ON SEPTEMBER IN THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL AT OLD DURHAM ROAD. AND SCARLET. &gt;&gt; IN INVESTIGATION LED US TO SEEKING CHARGES ON A CAL HARRIS FOR ASSAULT RELATED INCIDENT THAT SEPTEMBER 5TH INCIDENT ACCORDING TO A CHAPEL HILL POLICE REPORT. &gt;&gt; TOOK PLACE AT THE CAROLINA BLUE MINI MART LESS THAN 4 MILES AWAY FROM CAMPUS. WE STOPPED BY THAT COULD BE IN STORE TONIGHT, BUT NO ONE WAS GOING TO GO ON CAMERA, ASSAULTING POINTING A GUN, COMMUNICATING THREATS AND GOING ON TO THE TERROR OF THE PUBLIC AND ARREST BY OFFICERS BROUGHT SOME RELIEF FOR COMMUNITIES. STILL HEALING FROM TRAGEDY TO YOU AND SAY 16 DAYS AGO, THANKFULLY NOBODY WAS HURT IN THE PROCESS AND THEY DID THEIR JOB. BEHIND ME IS THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE MCKELL HARRIS WAS ARRESTED. ALL IS CALM AFTER POLICE STAYED OUT HERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. WE ARE ALSO HEARING THAT HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE IS TOMORROW AT 2 IN THE AFTERNOON. INSIDE THE ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. AND WE CERTAINLY WILL BE

Suspect in custody after waving gun at UNC on-campus bagel shop 

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A Durham man was arrested Wednesday and charged with pointing a gun at someone at an on-campus bagel shop at UNC.



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A student on Tuesday brought a gun to Lead Mine Elementary School in Raleigh.

WILL OUTLINE FUTURECAST COMING UP IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. CHAIRMAN FORWARD TO IT. THANKS, MIKE. WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN NORTH RALEIGH WHERE STUDENT BROUGHT A GUN TO LED MINE ELEMENTARY. &gt;&gt; WRL'S AARON THOMAS IS LIVE ON CAMPUS WITH WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR. AARON. &gt;&gt; JORDAN WAS ACTUALLY A LETTER TO FAMILIES ON THE PRINCIPLE. THEY SAY THAT SAY THAT A STUDENT TIPPED THEM OFF, BUT THAT GUN DOWN HERE ON CAMPUS TODAY, OFFICIALS SAY THEY IMMEDIATELY CONFISCATED IT AND THAT SAME LETTER TO FAMILIES. THEY SAY THE STUDENT DID NOT MEAN TO CAUSE ANY HARM TO PEOPLE, BUT RATHER WANTED TO SHOW OFF THE GUN. 2 OF THEIR CLASSMATES AT THIS POINT. IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE GUN WAS LOADED WITH BULLETS. THE BULLET, THE PARENT WITH A SECOND GRADER HERE AT THE SCHOOL SAYS THAT THE NEWS FROM SCHOOL OFFICIALS CAME AS A SHOCK TO HIM AND HIS DAUGHTER. &gt;&gt; I JUST NOTHING ELSE COMES ABOUT THEY DO GO ABOUT TAKING SAFEGUARD THE KIDS WHILE THEIR SCHOOL. &gt;&gt; I'M JUST HOPING THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS GUY. &gt;&gt; I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH A NUMBER OF PARENTS AND FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL, THE OVERALL SENSE AND THAT THEY'RE SHOCKED THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WERE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM INVESTIGATORS TO FIND OUT IF ANY CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST THE GUN OWNER.

Wake County student brings gun to Lead Mine Elementary

Johnston Community College was placed on lockdown on Thursday following reports that a person was headed to campus with a gun.

Johnston Early College student apprehended after Johnston Community College placed on lockdown

Johnston Early College student arrested with gun in parking lot

Arrest records show Brandon Bentley brought several weapons onto the campus, including five guns, a "makeshift firework explosive," brass knuckles, a machete, sword and a "blowdart weapon" among others.

Man with car full of weapons on North Carolina A&T campus was in 'very dangerous mental state'

Brandon Bentley mugshot

Nathan James Bailey has been charged with possessing a firearm on educational property and impersonating a law enforcement officer.

Man impersonating an officer was arrested for bringing weapon to child's elementary school 

Johnson county elementary school

A 21-year-old man faces charges of possessing a weapon on educational property and carrying a concealed weapon after a weapons detection system alerted when he entered Clayton Middle School

>> AND LAKE WHEELER ROAD THIS AFTERNOON. THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY OTHER DETAILS ON THIS INVESTIGATION. A WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM CAUGHT A GUN BEFORE IT MADE IT INTO A LOCAL SCHOOL WEEK. >> FIRST BROKE THIS NEWS FOR YOU LAST NIGHT. AND NOW TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED WRAL'S DESTINY. PATTERSON EXPLAINS JOHNSTON COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICIALS. WE ARE GLAD THEIR NEW SYSTEM IS WORKING. >> 21 YEAR-OLD WHO BALL, THOUGH DELAYS. PEREZ WAS ARRESTED HERE FOR BRINGING A GUN ON CAMPUS AND AFTER HIS COURT APPEARANCE TODAY, HE TOLD US THAT HE'D FORGOTTEN THAT IT WAS ATTACHED TO HIS WAIST BAND. BUT DISTRICT OFFICIALS TELUS THAT THEY'RE GLAD TO KNOW THAT THEIR NEW SYSTEM IS WORKING. >> IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A QUICK TRIP TO CLEAN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR SCHOOL PICK-UP. GOING TO GO THROUGH THE MESSAGES FROM SCHOOL. >> AND REALIZE THAT WE'RE GOING ON. >> BUT THINGS DIDN'T QUITE GO AS PLANNED FOR 21 YEAR-OLD WILL DO TO IS PEREZ BRES WALK THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S RECENTLY INSTALLED WEAPON FROM THE OFFICE AND THE FUN LIKE THEM. >> WHAT HE HAD TO. >> PEREZ SAYS HE HAD NO BAD INTENTIONS. AND POLICE SAID THERE WAS NO DANGER TO ANY STUDENTS OR FACULTY. THE WEAPON DETECTION PROGRAM IS STILL IN ITS PILOT PHASE. BUT DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY THIS SITUATION MADE THEM FEEL MORE SOUND IN THEIR DECISION TO INSTALL THEM IN THEIR SCHOOLS. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THE LAW TO BRING A GUN ONTO OUR CAMPUS. SO IT WAS JUST GOOD TO KNOW THAT THIS MORNING THAT WE INVESTED IS WORKING ALREADY. >> KAYLYN FOR WITH JOHNSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAYS EVERYONE SHOULD EXPECT TO GO THROUGH THE DETECTORS. ALL GUESTS ALL STUDENTS, STAFF WALKING THROUGH IT AND SHE SAYS THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT. AND AS THEY WORK THROUGH THIS PILOT PHASE, SHE SAYS THE EXPECTATIONS ARE CLEAR FOR ANYONE ENTERING THESE DOORS. PEREZ IS NOT IN CUSTODY AT THIS TIME. HE DOES HAVE ANOTHER COURT APPEARANCE ON APRIL.

Man faces charges for bringing weapon to a middle in Johnston County

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Johnston County Public Schools installing 'Total Recall'-style weapons detection systems

On WRAL at 5, WRAL Investigates the local school system installing a new weapon detection system that uses AI and radio waves, rather than metal detectors.

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Top Space Force official: China is developing space capabilities at 'twice the rate' of US

Fayetteville police said a report of shots fired at Cross Creek Mall turned out to be an incident between two people where a weapon was shown.

Fayetteville police investigating weapons incident at Fayetteville mall

Suspect sought after motorcyclist shot in Fayetteville

Florida deputy shoots man multiple times after he smashes into her home using an ax. (Video from WESH)

Off-duty deputy shoots ax-wielding intruder

Police at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill arrested a resident who was found with a firearm in a residence hall on Sunday, authorities said.



UNC campus resident arrested after firearm found in residence hall

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A road rage incident with a medieval flair unfolded Tuesday morning on the streets of Pasadena, Texas, when an angry driver allegedly threatened a mom and her kids with a bow and arrow.

Driver threatens woman with bow and arrow in road rage incident

A man who worked as a nurse at WakeMed is facing kidnapping and sex offense charges in connection with an incident in Wilson last week.

Weapons, sex, kidnapping charges against man in Wilson, Wake counties

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