UPDATE:<\/p>\n
OXFORD, Ohio (WKEF) — Miami University released a statement regarding the incident on campus this afternoon.<\/p>\n
The University says that around 2 p.m. today, the Butler County Sheriff’s Office received a report of shots fired in or near McGuffey Hall on campus.<\/p>\n
The Miami University Police Department also received the same report from a student who they say was inside a classroom.<\/p>\n
The University says that within a minute, University officers were responding to the scene.<\/p>\n
An emergency alert was sent out to notify people who were on campus of the reported incident occurring.<\/p>\n
While investigating, officers spoke to witnesses who claimed the noises they heard were “more consistent with fireworks.”<\/p>\n
Officers say there was no evidence of gunshots.<\/p>\n
The University says there were also no people reported to be injured.<\/p>\n
Officers searched the area and “identified no threat, cleared the scene, and issued an all clear message via the emergency alert system.”<\/p>\n
That all-clear message came at 2:37 p.m. this afternoon.<\/p>\n
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UPDATE:<\/p>\n
OXFORD, Ohio (WKEF) — At 2:38 p.m., the Butler County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the initial cause of the threat was due to fireworks.<\/p>\n
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OXFORD, Ohio (WKEF) — Miami University officials have declared that the campus is all clear following an active threat in Oxford.<\/p>\n
Miami University posted on its Facebook page at 2:04 p.m.:<\/p>\n
Then at 2:11 p.m., another emergency alert post was shared on Facebook<\/a> saying an active threat was reported in the area of McGuffey Hall and for all to avoid the area.<\/p>\n