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Arrest at college after gunman reported

Middle Georgia College student says he saw armed man

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BREAKING NEWS
updated 12:58 p.m. ET March 3, 2008

COCHRAN, Ga. - A man suspected of carrying a gun on Middle Georgia College’s campus has been taken into custody.

The college was placed on lockdown Monday morning after a student reported seeing a man with a gun. Authorities combed the campus room by room.

College officials say the man is not a student on the campus, which is 120 miles south of Atlanta. No shots were fired.

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College president Mary Ellen Wilson says students are back in class and the lockdown was lifted around noon.

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