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IU Bloomington: Man barricades himself inside Indiana Memorial Union Hotel

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) — A man barricaded himself inside a room in the Indiana Memorial Union Hotel Monday evening, Indiana University Bloomington said in a Tweet.

The school advised everyone to “stay away from the area” and “follow official instructions.”

At 10:40 p.m., IU tweet that the subject was contained in a hotel room.

No further information regarding the situation was immediately available.

Students were made aware of the situation just after 9 p.m. when IU Bloomington tweeted that a “dangerous situation” was occurring near the Indiana Memorial Union.

Just before 2 a.m., the school said the incident ended without injury.