At 12:28 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28, Pitt ENS alerted the Pitt community that University and City of Pittsburgh police were on scene at Barco Law School responding to an unconfirmed report of an armed person. At 12:34 p.m., the police were still searching the scene and urged community members to “avoid the area.”

Since about 10 p.m. on Tuesday evening, SWAT and the University of Pittsburgh police have been responding to a domestic incident where a man barricaded himself inside a South Oakland home, according to a Pittsburgh Police spokesperson. The situation is ongoing.