Expand / Collapse search
☰

Report of man with gun prompts FIT lockdown

FOX 5 New York
News
Published April 5, 2019 8:55 PM EDT
Published April 5, 2019 8:55 PM EDT
Image 1 of 6
▼

A report of a man with a firearm at FIT in Manhattan prompted a heavy police response and a lockdown. (FOX 5 NY)

NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) - A report of a man with a firearm prompted a rapid police response and the lockdown of the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan on Friday.

Police arrested a man just before 7 p.m. at a Barnes and Noble near Union Square. He had a pellet gun on him, the NYPD said.

FIT was on lockdown for about 30 minutes.

It is not clear with the man arrested is a student at the school.