'All clear' given after scare at UB

AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) - The 'all clear' has been given at the University at Buffalo, just hours after a campus-wide alert about a possible gunman.

With guns drawn, University and Amherst Police surrounded Lockwood Library Tuesday afternoon.

A student reported seeing a man walk into the building with a gun.

Police checked surveillance video and say they found what appeared to be a man carrying something into the library.

"Could of been a weapon underneath a coat, could have been one of these tripods for a camera, we couldn't say for sure," said Chief Jerry Schoenle of the University Police Department.

Police evacuated the library and all evening classes were canceled.

UB Spectrum Editor Steve Marth said, "Everyone I spoke to didn't see anyone, but they heard screaming. That's all we know. So I don't if it's just from the scare of the threat, people were screaming, or if there was an actual incident."

News 4 obtained surveillance video from inside the library.

Police spent hours searching, but found no gun, and no suspicious person.

By 8 police gave the 'all clear' and a university spokesperson said there was no threat to the campus.