Campus officials report that a shooting took place Tuesday afternoon at the Haas School of Business.
The suspect was seen carrying a gun. A staff member reported this to the police, who responded immediately. The suspect entered a computer room, where police followed him and asked him to put up his hands. The suspect then pulled out the gun, and police shot him.
The area is now contained, and the Haas School has been evacuated until further notice.
BERKELEY, Calif.—A man with a gun was shot by police Tuesday inside a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley, the school said.
The shooting happened at the Haas School of Business on the east side of campus. A campus alert was sent shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday, spokesman Dan Mogulof said.
The school said on its website that a suspect carrying a gun was seen by a faculty member.
The suspect, who has not yet been named, was followed by police into a computer room where they asked him to put up his hands, the school said.
The suspect then raised the gun, the school said, and was shot by police. The suspect's condition was not immediately known.
The shooting took place as student protesters gathered in a campus plaza about a half-mile away to protest tuition hikes.