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A shot was fired at a Memphis television station on Tuesday, but no one was injured, the station said.
WHBQ, the Fox affiliate in Tennessee’s second-largest city, reported that the shot was fired around 11:30 a.m. and that the bullet landed outside the building’s front lobby door, which is located in a commercial area near the University of Memphis Campus.
It was not immediately clear whether the shot was fired from inside or outside the station, or what the intended target might have been. A police spokeswoman said she would provide more information when it became available.
Police said the armed suspect was inside a nearby hamburger restaurant and advised the public to stay out of the area. A SWAT team was trying to take the suspect into custody, the station said.
The university issued an advisory asking students and faculty to take shelter indoors. He later said that normal campus activity could resume, but that the restaurant area still had to be avoided.
