Virginia Tech went into lockdown Thursday morning after a gunman was reported on campus by kids attending summer camp at the school.

At 9:37 a.m., three youths reported a 6-foot tall white man with light brown hair by Dietrick dining hall, walking toward the campus volleyball courts with what appeared to be a handgun under a cloth.

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