UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON — Large gatherings and “multiple incidents requiring police intervention” prompted a large police presence near the University of Dayton late Sunday night.
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As reported on News Center 7 Daybreak, just before 11 p.m. Sunday, UD sent out a campus-wide alert of “increased incidents near campus requiring police action.”
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The university also reported via a campus-wide alert that there were “shots fired in the area of Brown Street near Stewart Street” and that police were investigating, according to a previous News Center 7 report.
University officials said that there was a large gathering on Keifaber Street Sunday evening and that during the gathering, there were “multiple incidents requiring police intervention in areas surrounding campus.”
“Because of the increase in enforcement actions and for the safety of our entire community, law enforcement, including UD police and city of Dayton police, cleared streets in the student neighborhood and had students return to their residences,” University officials said.
Several large groups of individuals that university officials say are not believed to be affiliated with the university left campus and moved to the area of Brown and Stewart Streets, requiring additional police enforcement.
Brown Street between Stewart and Wyoming was shut down to vehicular traffic for a short time, but has since reopened after crowds were dispersed.
News Center 7 crews on scene talked to UD students who heard the commotion.
“We heard three loud booms, thinking it was a knock on the door, almost, and then we see cops flying around, and we just didn’t know what to do,” Zack Saylor, a Junior, said.
Another Junior, Sean O’Reilly, told News Center 7 crews that he has seen this happen before.
“We heard some loud shots, and we assumed it was loud enough that we knew it was something,” O’Reilly said. “I’m not that nervous, I feel like I have experienced this before. Not experienced it like this, but I have seen it before.”
While students say they feel safe on campus, they also said that they aren’t happy that incidents like what occurred Sunday night are happening.
“I feel safe on campus, but it’s not a very good feeling, you know, that there’s stuff like that going on right there,” Saylor said.
University officials say they are not aware of any injuries being reported at this time. News Center 7 has contacted the Dayton Police Department for more information and is waiting to hear back.
News Center 7 will continue following this story.
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