WHERE WE START WITH YOUR TOP FIVE STORIES. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS HOUR. KOCO KYLIE THOMAS IS LIVE IN NORMAN AND KYLIE. WE KNOW THIS ALL STARTED WITH A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE. YEAH, WITHIN JUST THE LAST HALF HOUR, OU POLICE HAVE GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR. BUT RIGHT NOW WE’RE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE STATUE WHERE THAT SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE WAS FOUND. THIS IS NEAR GAYLORD COLLEGE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION. THE NEXT TO THE PACKAGE WAS A SIGN THAT READ, IF YOU IGNORE THIS, YOU CONDONE GENOCIDE. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THIS PROMPTED A EVACUATION FROM OSU. WE SPOKE WITH THE GAYLORD STUDENT WHO SAW THE STRANGE PACKAGE AND IMMEDIATELY TOOK ACTION. I WAS COMING BACK TO EDIT SOME PHOTOS AT GAYLORD, AND I PULLED UP AND I SAW THAT THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER WITH A FLASHLIGHT KIND OF LOOKING DOWN AT THE GROUND BY A STATUE OUTSIDE OF OUR BUILDING. AND SO I CALLED MY BOSS, WHO WAS THE ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN, AND TOLD HER, LIKE, HEY, YOU MAY WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT’S GOING ON. NOW, ARE YOU PLEASED THAT DID CALL OUT? NORMAN POLICE TO BRING IN THEIR BOMB SQUAD. AS OF RIGHT NOW, EU SA
All-clear given after bomb squad investigates suspicious package at University of Oklahoma
Sky 5 saw a robot and the bomb squad approach the suspicious package
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Updated: 8:57 AM CST Feb 17, 2024
The all-clear was given after a bomb squad investigated a suspicious package Friday afternoon at the University of Oklahoma.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Around 1:35 p.m., OU officials sent an alert to students saying a suspicious package was found near Gaylord Hall, which is located at the corner of Lindsey Street and Asp Avenue. Those on campus were asked to avoid the area.The alert prompted Gaylord Hall to be evacuated while police and the bomb squad investigated."I came back to edit some photos at Gaylord, and I pulled up and I saw there was a police officer with a flashlight kind of looking down at the ground by a statue outside of our building," said OU student Noah Bryan. "So I called my boss who is the assistant dean, and told her, like, 'Hey, you might want to figure out what's going on.'"Sky 5 flew over the scene, showing law enforcement closing off nearby roads amid the investigation. A bomb squad was called in, with a robot and technicians investigating objects near a sign placed beside a schooner statue. The sign read, "Ignore this if you do genocide. 28,000 and counting. Silence is complicity.">> Download the KOCO 5 AppSources told KOCO 5 that the suspicious package was later added next to the sign, prompting the alert. Around 3:25 p.m., the University of Oklahoma Police Department issued the all-clear, saying the area near Gaylord Hall was deemed safe and there was no threat on campus.Top Headlines 3 in custody after pursuit reaching speeds of 125 mph ends in Norman crash 'Legend of Thundercow': Residents near Lake Thunderbird describe mysterious encounter with animal Multimillion-dollar RV resort, adventure park coming to Norman next summer Video shows how drone helped Del City officers locate missing autistic boy at night Jury will face unique case as Caddo County DA seeks death penalty for Alysia Adams, expert says
NORMAN, Okla. — The all-clear was given after a bomb squad investigated a suspicious package Friday afternoon at the University of Oklahoma.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
Around 1:35 p.m., OU officials sent an alert to students saying a suspicious package was found near Gaylord Hall, which is located at the corner of Lindsey Street and Asp Avenue. Those on campus were asked to avoid the area.
The alert prompted Gaylord Hall to be evacuated while police and the bomb squad investigated.
"I came back to edit some photos at Gaylord, and I pulled up and I saw there was a police officer with a flashlight kind of looking down at the ground by a statue outside of our building," said OU student Noah Bryan. "So I called my boss who is the assistant dean, and told her, like, 'Hey, you might want to figure out what's going on.'"
Sky 5 flew over the scene, showing law enforcement closing off nearby roads amid the investigation.
A bomb squad was called in, with a robot and technicians investigating objects near a sign placed beside a schooner statue. The sign read, "Ignore this if you do genocide. 28,000 and counting. Silence is complicity."
>> Download the KOCO 5 App
Sources told KOCO 5 that the suspicious package was later added next to the sign, prompting the alert.
Around 3:25 p.m., the University of Oklahoma Police Department issued the all-clear, saying the area near Gaylord Hall was deemed safe and there was no threat on campus.
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