Shelter-in-place issued for University of Wisconsin in Platteville due to “emergency situation”
According to WKOW, students received emergency alerts on their mobile devices instructing them to avoid the area and shelter in place.
Police have responded to the University of Wisconsin–Platteville on Monday afternoon following unconfirmed reports of a possible shooting and an active shooter on campus.
According to social media reports, officials have issued a shelter-in-place order following an incident at the Wilgus Hall dormitory.
Police have responded to the University of Wisconsin–Platteville following unconfirmed reports of a possible shooting and an active shooter on campus.
Law enforcement is currently on the scene, and authorities have not yet confirmed the nature of the threat.
Several parents and students took to social media to report the incident.
“Everyone please pray!!! Something (violence) has happened at UW-Platteville. Gray is safe but others are not!!! Please, please pray!!! (all information so far is that it is an active shooter at one of the dorms but all students are locked in/sheltered in place. Exams are indefinitely postponed.) I can barely breathe right now….” one parent wrote on Facebook.
