SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA — Oklahoma Baptist University was on lockdown Sunday night as police searched for a reported gunman.
Shawnee Police were looking for the armed subject on the north side of Campus. Coates has been evacuated. The rest of campus was ordered to lock down. Multiple law enforcement agencies were on scene.
The president of the school wrote on Facebook: “A driver of a pickup drove through a neighborhood north of campus and Shawnee Police gave pursuit on foot. The subject, said to be armed and dangerous. He ran south onto the OBU campus near the area of the baseball and softball fields just north of St. Anthony’s hospital. Multiple law enforcement agencies are on the scene including Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Shawnee PD, OBU PD, and others.”
Multiple law enforcement agencies searching,but suspect remains at large.The OBUcampus remains on lockdown.Stay inside until further notice.
— OBU Student Life (@OBUStudentLife) January 31, 2016
Men of Agee, please stay inside the building during the lockdown, the police are surveying the area by the baseball & disc golf fields.
— AGEE (@AgeedeBriefer) January 31, 2016
You must have your ID to enter the Lodge until further notice. The RAs will not open the doors until the campus is no longer locked down.
— The Lodge (@TheLodge_OKBU) January 31, 2016
Villagers, stay in your apartments with the doors locked until we get the all-clear.
— OBU Village People (@TheVillage_OKBU) January 31, 2016
No further details were available.
(Oklahoma Baptist University is a co-educational Christian liberal arts university located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and owned by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma.)
