CHICAGO — University of Illinois-Chicago campus police responded to calls of a creepy clown on campus Tuesday and found a student dressed in the costume for a performance art piece, according to the university.

Campus police responded to calls of a menacing clown walking around the school Tuesday afternoon, according to news reports. Officers who detained the clown determined that the clown was a student dressed up for a "performance-art project," the school said in a tweet.

Reported malevolent clown was a student doing a performance-art project. No arrest, say UIC Police. "We take these calls seriously." — UIC News (@UICnews) October 4, 2016

"We take these calls seriously," UIC Police said in a tweet from its public relations account.

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The student was questioned but not arrested, according to NBC5 Chicago.

The incident is one of a number of creepy clown sightings reported across the country recently. The clown threats have largely centered around schools, including a Northwest Side CPS school, that alert Chicago Police to a potential threat this week.

There are no credible threats to any school right now. The Killer Clowns are internet fantasy, nothing more. — ChicagoCAPS25 (@ChicagoCAPS25) October 4, 2016

they just arrested a clown on my campus. i am livid. pic.twitter.com/xkliyWyY7j — Ilyas Ashar (@ellyorwhatever) October 4, 2016

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