Denver police issued a shelter-in-place order near the University of Denver on Saturday night due to “active barricaded subject off-campus,” according to the school’s campus safety department on X.
Residents across Denver reported receiving the wireless emergency alert on their cellphones, but city officials acknowledged more than 40 minutes later that it had been mistakenly sent “to a broader area than intended.”
The alert was issued around 8 p.m. for “an active threat” near the area of 2495 S. Vine St., which is south of DU’s campus. There is no active threat to DU, campus safety officials added.
Denver police said on X that they are trying to “contact an individual that is barricaded in a residence.”
People in the area were being told to “stay away from windows and doors until further notice.”
The Denver Public Safety Department said on X that the shelter-in-place order only applied to a two-block radius around the South Vine Street address.
The emergency alert sent to cellphones around 8 p.m. advised people to check the Denver Police Department’s account on X for updates, but the agency did not post about the situation until 8:47 p.m.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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