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Police respond to Northwestern University for reports of person with gun

UPDATE 4:40 pm: Officials said the threat has been cleared.

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ORIGINAL STORY: Northwestern University officials asked people to take shelter on Wednesday afternoon after a report of a person with a gun on the school’s Chicago campus.

A spokesperson for the University said the school had a report of a person with a gun in Engelhart Hall, a graduate student dormitory on the Evanston campus.

Evanston and Northwestern University police are on the scene.

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The report comes as students across the country walked out of school to protest gun violence.

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