A man armed with a machete inside the Champions Center, the home of the football program and athletics administration at the University of Colorado at Boulder campus, was shot and killed when he refused to drop the weapon, according to police.
The situation began around 9:15 am when two men were involved in an altercation in the parking lot, and one of the men pulled out a machete. The unidentified man then went inside a building, campus police spokesman Scott Pribble said.
Police confronted him and asked him to drop the weapon, Pribble said. “He refused and it was at that time for public safety that shots were fired,” he said. The man was shot and killed. Pribble did not know the nature of the altercation in the parking lot or whether the man was a student.
People inside the complex – which houses the football locker room, a weight room and more – reportedly locked themselves inside various rooms and offices for safety.
In a statement, Wednesday afternoon Colorado athletic director Rick George said: “Regarding the incident this morning in our Champions Center, first and foremost all our student-athletes and staff are safe. We have safety protocols in place, and when everyone received the campus alert, all responded accordingly and the protocols were effective.
“I want to recognize the Boulder and CU police departments for their prompt and swift response to this incident and neutralizing the suspect. Their quick actions allowed for this situation to be ended without further incident.”
source: ESPN
