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Lockdown lifted at Jackson State after active shooter report

Updated Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019 | 10:19 a.m.

JACKSON, Miss. — Jackson State University's campus was placed on lockdown Wednesday after an active shooter was reported there.

The university initially sent out a tweet telling everyone on its Mississippi campus to take shelter. It later said the lockdown had been lifted and there was no longer a threat.

The historically black university is located just west of downtown Jacksonville and has about 7,000 students.