CSU lifts shelter after search for suspect of serious bodily harm

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado State University lifted its campus-wide shelter in place Wednesday evening after a search for an aggravated assault suspect.

An aggravated assault with a knife was reported near Laurel Hall on Wednesday evening. The CSU campus was ordered to shelter in place around 8:50 p.m. while authorities searched for the suspect.

Officers from CSU PD and Fort Collins Police Services searched the campus but did not find the suspect. Authorities believe he left campus.

The CSU said the suspect was a white man in his 30s. He was last seen wearing a black shirt and carrying a black backpack.

The shelter-in-place order was lifted at 9:20 p.m

Anyone with information about the incident or the suspect is asked to call CSU PD at 970-491-6425.

CSU said this incident is unrelated to a previous incident that occurred Wednesday morning in Laurel Village.

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