A currently unidentified individual called Dane County Dispatch around 7 p.m. Saturday saying he has a gun inside UW-Madison’s Helen C. White Library.
While the threat is believed to be inside the building, the UW-Madison Police Department advises all students and community members to avoid any area within view of the library windows, UWPD Lt. Aaron Chapin said.
No description of the individual is currently available as UWPD continues to investigate the building and the surrounding area.
UW-Madison students and parents were alerted of the threat via WiscAlert earlier this evening.
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