Shelter in place lifted at ACC Cypress Creek after reports of armed person

CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — The shelter-in-place order issued at the Austin Community College Cypress Campus is now lifted.

The order came as a precautionary measure at 12 p.m. Wednesday amid reports of an armed person near campus.

The Cedar Park Police Department said initially officers received a report of a man in the area with a handgun.

ACC tweeted that the Cedar Park Police Department investigated the reports and issued an all-clear around 12:45 p.m.

No other ACC campuses were impacted by the investigation.

This campus is near Cypress Creek Road and South Lakeline Blvd.

A similar incident happened at the ACC South campus in November. That shelter-in-place order was lifted around 15 minutes after it was issued.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

 

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CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — The shelter-in-place order issued at the Austin Community College Cypress Campus is now lifted.

The order came as a precautionary measure at 12 p.m. Wednesday amid reports of an armed person near campus.

The Cedar Park Police Department said initially officers received a report of a man in the area with a handgun.

ACC tweeted that the Cedar Park Police Department investigated the reports and issued an all-clear around 12:45 p.m.

No other ACC campuses were impacted by the investigation.

This campus is near Cypress Creek Road and South Lakeline Blvd.

A similar incident happened at the ACC South campus in November. That shelter-in-place order was lifted around 15 minutes after it was issued.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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