LATEST: Monmouth University lifted a shelter-in-place order after an investigation into a 'possible armed subject' found that a curling iron 'was mistaken for a weapon,' a university official says.
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Monmouth University lifted a shelter-in-place order after an investigation into a "possible armed subject" found that a curling iron "was mistaken for a weapon," a university official said. Police at Monmouth, in West Long Branch, New Jersey, had received a report at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday of a "possible armed subject" on campus, the school said in anMultiple local and county law enforcement agencies searched and secured the campus, the university said.
"Detectives were able to utilize video footage and other technology based on the description provided and identified a person of interest, a currently enrolled student," Patrick F. Leahy, the president, said inHe added, "Based on interviews with that person, law enforcement personnel were able to determine that the person was in possession of a curling iron that was mistaken for a weapon.
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