University Center false alarm forces evacuation

Written by Shambhu Sharan, The Shorthorn staff   

Thursday, 29 April 2010 01:23 PM

A false alarm forced people to evacuate the University Center this afternoon.

The alarm went off at 1:13 p.m. and the police checked it on arrival.

Assistant Police Chief Rick Gomez said at 1:28 p.m. he and his staff checked and cleared the building for reentry. He reset a fire panel, he said.

“It was a false alarm,” he said. “It was unknown. As soon as we got there we turned off the alarm.”