[1]Officials at Virginia Tech university, scene of the worst school shooting in US history, on Thursday locked down the campus after reports of a person with a gun on campus.
"Person with a gun reported near Dietrick," the university said in a bulletin on its website, referring to a campus dining hall.
"Stay inside. Secure doors. Emergency personnel responding. Call 911 for help."
Local television station WSLS reported on Thursday that the campus siren system had been activated.
The fall semester has not yet begun, though summer programmes are in session.
In 2007, Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old Virginia Tech student born in South Korea, shot to death 32 fellow classmates and teachers before killing himself.
The university in Blacksburg, Virginia was fined $55,000 in relation to the April 16, 2007 incident for failing to alert students in time that a gunman was loose on the campus.
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