Authorities say a faculty member was shot and killed in a campus building
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University officials also did not immediately identify the staffer who was killed and said it was too soon to offer a possible motive. Students and faculty barricaded themselves in dorm rooms, offices and classrooms until the lockdown was lifted about three and a half hours later.Adrian Lanier, a sophomore computer science major, told The Associated Press that he and others sat against a wall in a gym, trying to stay as far away as possible from doors and windows as rumors spread.
During the news conference, Guskiewicz apologized to students who are “feeling uncertain about your safety right now.” Classes had started at the Chapel Hill campus a week ago. The university, with about 20,000 undergraduate students and 12,000 graduate students, canceled Tuesday classes.
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