As of Tuesday afternoon, the search for an armed person in the vicinity of Saint Elizabeth University in Morris Township yielded no suspect.
“Contrary to social media reports, there is no confirmation of the presence of a subject possessing a firearm,” said Meghan Knab, spokesperson for Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, in a statement.
But multiple law enforcement agencies were continuing to investigate the “unconfirmed report of a person making threats near the Saint Elizabeth University campus and Convent Station.” The Prosecutor’s Office was notified around 10:30 a.m., she said.
“As a precaution, Saint Elizabeth University was placed into lockdown.”
Nearby Fairleigh Dickinson and Drew universities also issued shelter-in-place directives, and news accounts said Madison and Chatham schools did the same.
NJ Transit rail service between Morristown and Madison, which had been suspended because of police activity at Convent Station, resumed around 1:30 pm, according to a tweet by the agency.
