Police: No injuries after shots fired at University of Florida

Associated Press

Monday, July 27, 2015 | 7:24 a.m.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida police have taken one person into custody after shots were fired outside a student residence building near the football stadium.

School officials sent a safety alert at 3:21 a.m. Monday stating that shots had been fired in the Murphree Hall lot. Twenty minutes later, the school issued a second alert saying a person with a firearm had been taken into custody.

No one was injured in the shooting.

The alert said possible witnesses in a blue Mazda truck had left the scene.

No further details were immediately available.