A stabbing at an RTD light rail station serving the Auraria Campus on Tuesday afternoon forced a campus lockdown and a warning posted by security officials.
AURARIA CAMPUS lockdown! All entry doors are locked. Increase your awareness. Run, hide or fight if appropriate. Additional info from police will follow ASAP. We will provide updates on this tweet thread.
— MSU Denver (@msudenver)
At about 4:05 p.m., Denver police responded to the Auraria West Campus, Fifth and Curtis streets, on a stabbing, said Doug Schepman, a police spokesman.
The victim, a man, was taken to a local hospital, Schepman said. Auraria, home to Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Colorado Denver, and Denver Community College, has a campus police department.
At about 4:45 p.m., Denver police said that a juvenile suspect is in custody and that the lockdown has been lifted.
The incident started aboard an RTD light-rail train, police said.
