UPDATE: UC Berkeley Shelter-in-Place Lifted After 'Credible Campus-Wide Threat' Led to Police Search

BERKELEY (CBS SF/BCN) -- University of California at Berkeley officials said campus police located the person who allegedly made threats toward others at the university, prompting a campuswide shelter-in-place order that lasted about four hours and canceled classes for the remainder of the day Thursday.

UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof said campus police learned at about 7:30 a.m. that a person made "serious and credible threats of violence towards other, specific individuals who work or learn at the university."

That prompted police to issue a shelter-in-place order at 9:30 a.m. Berkeley city police said campus police were looking for the individual on the south side of campus mainly and on university property only.

Mogulof said the person police were seeking was located off-campus at 2 p.m. Citing police, Mogulof said the person, who was affiliated with the university, poses no immediate threat to campus safety.

At around 1:41 p.m., UC Berkeley police announced the shelter order was lifted and instructed anyone still on the campus to leave "in a safe and orderly way" immediately.

While police said campus buildings would remain locked up, the UCPD "has determined based upon its investigation that it is appropriate to end the shelter in place."

Police earlier confirmed it was not an active shooter situation, but noted officers are looking for "a person who may want to harm specific individuals."

UC Berkeley officials said facilities services are locking all buildings on campus and noted that all campus services -- including libraries, dining and parking garages -- were closed.

In response to the campus emergency, seven schools in the Berkeley Unified School District were placed on a soft lockdown. That means all doors and gates were locked and monitored and staff were told to be extra vigilant.

The schools on soft lockdown were Berkeley High School, Berkeley Technology Academy, Willard Middle School, Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier School, Emerson Elementary School, Sylvia Mendez Elementary School, Washington Elementary School and King Child Development Center, according to the school district.

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