Miami University issues all-clear after false gunfire report

Officials at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, confirmed there was no active threat following reports of shots fired on campus around 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon. The Butler County Sheriff's Office and the university police department investigated incidents involving noise near McGuffey Hall and from a student in a classroom. Witnesses indicated the sounds were consistent with fireworks rather than gunfire. After searching the building and surrounding area, officers found no injuries or evidence of violence and issued an all-clear alert at approximately 2:40 p.m.