HOUSTON --
has withdrawn an emergency alert about an armed man on campus, saying it was just a person with a scanning device.
Shortly after noon the University of Houston released a text alert saying: “UH emergency Alert Report of Asian Male with hand gun/white t-shirt/jeans/near Hoffman Hall/Agnes Arnold avoid area.”
About 30 minutes later the university canceled the alert and issued an 'all clear.' Someone had mistakenly thought a person carrying a scanning device, used to track inventory, was holding a gun.
