within the last two minutes unc police have stated via social media that the shelter-in-place order remained in place. this is now running up to three hours since the first alert went out just after 1:00 eastern time. and we now have another update and that is that unc police have identified a person of interest. our nick valency has been following this from cnn center atlanta. what do we know? reporter: a person of interest has been named and university of north carolina police have put a photo out of the individual on their x account. we are not showing that photo just yet to our viewers but they have identified someone who they believe is a person of interest. this incident going on about three hours now and it is still very much active with a lockdown situation still in place at unc on this second week of crasses. classes just began last monday. this is the second monday of the semester. and students are dealk with this now. we ve been looking at live
and now get 250 dollars back when you buy an eligible phone. it s simple. easy. awesome. click, call or visit a store today. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and hello, everyone. i m natalie allen at cnn center atlanta. we continue to follow the breaking news from el paso, texas. quite a tragedy there. the fbi opening now a domestic terrorism investigation into saturday s mass shooting at a shopping center there. at least 20 people were killed. another 26 hurt. some with life-threatening injuries, we are told. the 21-year-old suspected gunman surrendered at the scene. he is in police custody. shoppers inside a walmart dove for cover as the shooter unloaded a volley of rapid
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