The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga experienced a campus lockdown as Welcome Week concluded, following a false report of an active shooter. No injuries were reported despite a 911 call claiming otherwise.

Chattanooga Police have cleared the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga after a report of an active shooter locked down college and city government buildings for more than an hour Aug. 21. A 911 call about an active shooter with a rifle on campus came into Hamilton County dispatch at about 12:29 p.m. eastern time.

Students said they panicked and ran for their lives after getting an alert about a possible active shooter on the campus of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday afternoon. Police swarmed to the school and searched building by building around 12:30 p.