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PRINCETON — Police have closed off the busy downtown area near Palmer Square because of a man with a gun at Panera.
Police said man is inside the restaurant on Nassau Street between Washington and Witherspoon streets across from the Princeton University campus. It was not immediately clear if there was a hostage involved.
"Downtown Princeton looks like an armed camp," photo journalist Brian McCarthy said, adding that Princeton Police, the FBI and SWAT teams are all present.
Local police, state police and the FBI are at the scene. Several police officers on Nassau Street have guns drawn. Police are trying to negotiate with the man, Chief Nick Sutter told Planet Princeton. Police asked the man to allow an officer to enter to negotiate with him. The man could be heard on the police scanner saying “no one is coming through those doors.”
Update: 12:04 p.m. – Princeton University sent out an automated phone message saying the school is on lockdown and that allegedly shots have been fired at the scene. We will update this post when we have more information. Update: 12:15 p.m. – Message goes out to Princeton University community saying the message about sheltering in place and shots being fired was a mistake.
Update 12:28 p.m. – Police sound like they are preparing to enter the building.
originally posted by: CalibratedZeus
PRINCETON — Police have closed off the busy downtown area near Palmer Square because of a man with a gun at Panera.
Police said man is inside the restaurant on Nassau Street between Washington and Witherspoon streets across from the Princeton University campus. It was not immediately clear if there was a hostage involved.
GUNMAN AT PANERA IN PRINCETON — COPS CLOSE NASSAU STREET
Unfolding right now just down the way from me in Princeton, NJ...
Not much info right now other than these small snippets...
"Downtown Princeton looks like an armed camp," photo journalist Brian McCarthy said, adding that Princeton Police, the FBI and SWAT teams are all present.
Can't get anywhere close, don't even want to try. Hopefully this ends without anyone hurt.
originally posted by: CalibratedZeus
Anyone not familiar with this area, this is directly across from the main chunk of Princeton University and is a wildly busy area.
originally posted by: CalibratedZeus
I apologize for bringing something happening locally to me to broader attention. Why aren't we discussing the shooting at your local OReilly's? Did anyone bring it to our attention and it was just ignored or was it just never brought up? Not everyone scours other local news outlets for events...
But again, just something crazy happening near me I thought noteworthy, if it is not to you then please move along.
how are the CC gun laws in NJ?
originally posted by: FamCore
a reply to: SocratesJohnson
There are much more than 2 shootings in a single day, I'm not that oblivious. But we had a school shooting (with at least 1 deceased student) this morning, and now a standoff with an armed individual in a Panera Bread.
Perhaps some people don't care about the more common types of shootings, but moreoften they just aren't covered by the media in the same way..
UPDATE 1 p.m.: Law enforcement officials continue to negotiate with an armed man whom Municipality of Princeton police have surrounded inside the Panera restaurant across Nassau Street from campus. The University will continue to post updates to the homepage at the top of each hour until the situation is resolved. Updates on urgent developments will be posted as they emerge.
originally posted by: JFA13
a reply to: GuidedKill
Panera has a no firearms policy ...