University of North Carolina faculty member fatally shot on campus, school says

Law enforcement respond to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill after the university lockdown. Photograph: Hannah Schoenbaum/AP

A faculty member was shot and killed in a campus building and a suspect has been arrested after reports on Monday afternoon of shots fired at the University of North Carolina, school officials have said.

Reports earlier of an apparent shooting at UNC’s flagship campus had led students and faculty to barricade themselves in dorm rooms, offices and classrooms for hours until a lockdown was lifted.