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UPDATE (2:28 p.m.)—A suspected gunman on the Towson University campus Tuesday afternoon turned out to be a student carrying a prop gun, according to Towson University police.

TU Deputy Police Chief Joe Herring told Patch in a phone interview that his department received a call from a contractor working on the school that there was a man with a handgun on campus.

The police then activated the university emergency system and asked students and faculty to stay indoors and stay safe, Herring said.

Through a subsequent investigation, officers were able to determine that the man reported by the contractor was a student on campus carrying a nonfunctional replica of a semi-automatic handgun.

"It turned out to be a student carrying a replica gun to an acting class," Herring said.

No criminal charges have been filed and the situation is now under control, Herring said. The student was not arrested after he was stopped and questioned.

"Within 23 minutes it was all clear," said Carol Dunsworth, a university spokeswoman. "The important thing is somebody saw something suspicious and did the right thing."

Students on campus received several texts from the Towson University police, according to one student who forwarded them to Patch.

At 1:28 p.m.: "A subject with a gun has been reported in the area of Burdick and the University Union."

At 1:44 p.m.: "Please stay in a safe location until further notice."

At 1:50 p.m.: "The subject has been located, campus is clear."

A computer message sent at 1:32 p.m. to students on an internal university system read: "Police are in search of a male subject ... TUPD are asking that everyone stay within there (sic) building, because of a report of a male with gun." The man was described as "white male, blk jacket, blk jeans" carrying a handgun.

Nicolette Argyros, 22, a senior advertising major from Timonium, said she was on the fifth floor of the university library when that message popped onto her computer screen. A librarian appeared and closed the doors to the stairwell and told her and two other students to remain there.

"People were calling their friends, sounding concerned and scared," she said.

But her worry was quickly relieved when her mom called to tell her that a police officer told her that the gunman was an "acting student with a prop gun."

"Everyone was like, 'Are you kidding me?' when I told them," she said.

Patch editors Sean Welsh and Doug Donovan contributed to this report.
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