ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WXYZ) — Police said girls popping balloons appears to have caused the report of an active shooter on the University of Michigan campus Saturday afternoon.



According to police, the active shooter alert went out at about 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and police responded quickly. By 5:30 p.m., the university's division of public safety said that," there does not appear to be an active threat to the community."

Police say that they were having a vigil for the victims in the New Zealand shootings on the diag and perhaps balloons got popped, which scared an already alert crowd.

UM EAlert Ann Arbor: Active shooter in Mason Hall . Run, hide, fight. https://t.co/NofE7JP8yS. https://t.co/03ZOte5ylP — University of Michigan (@UMich) March 16, 2019