India, Aug. 25 -- An active shooter was reported near the Mullins Library at the University of Arkansas's Fayetteville campus. The university sent out an alert on its public address system on Monday and asked students to avoid the area. Police later said that there was 'no evidence' active shooter at the U of A.

There is still a massive presence of law enforcement at the campus and police probe the reports.

"Avoid the area of Mullins Library due to an active shooter reported. Avoid Deny. Defend," the alert read.

US House Representative Steve Womack of Arkansas' 3rd district said in a post on X that he and his team are closely monitoring the active shooter situation at University of Arkansas.

"My team and I are closely monitoring repor...