Police are investigating a report of a person threatening to commit a shooting at Stanford University.
The Stanford Department of Public Safety issued an alert Friday afternoon out of an abundance of caution.
Palo Alto police dispatch received a call at 12:40 p.m. from an unidentified person who said they were at the entrance to the campus and "intended to commit a shooting." Police responded to the area to investigate the report.
Aerial coverage from NBC Bay Area's SkyRanger just before 2:30 p.m. showed no police activity on campus and it appeared the incident was cleared.
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No other information was immediately available.
