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UNC Campus Rocked by Second Lockdown in Two Weeks After Report of Armed Person

  • UNC Chapel Hill campus was locked down for the second time in two weeks due to reports of an armed, dangerous person near campus.
  • The first incident on August 28 resulted in the fatal shooting of a professor by a graduate student.
  • The second lockdown prompted a shelter-in-place order, but no shots were fired and no injuries reported.
  • Students continue to push for gun reform and improved mental health resources after enduring trauma from the incidents.
  • A suspect, Mickel Deonte Harris, was arrested in relation to the second incident.
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