An officer shines his flashlight to examine a shattered window as police investigate gunfire that was reported near the Visual Arts Building and Parking Structure West at Cal State University San Bernardino in San Bernardino, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

Authorities work the scene where a report of at least one gunshot was heard near the Visual Arts building at California State University San Bernardino on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 in San Bernardino, Ca. According to San Bernardino Police, one shot hit the exterior of the building. No injuries were reported, students were asked to shelter in place in classrooms and all classes for the night were cancelled. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

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University police, assisted by the San Bernardino Police Department, investigate the scene where gunfire was reported near the Visual Arts Building and Parking Structure West at Cal State University San Bernardino in San Bernardino, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

Authorities work the scene where a report of at least one gunshot was heard near the Visual Arts building at California State University San Bernardino on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 in San Bernardino, Ca. According to San Bernardino Police, one shot hit the exterior of the building. No injuries were reported, students were asked to shelter in place in classrooms and all classes for the night were cancelled. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

A small group of people gathered on the second floor of the Visual Arts building as authorities work the scene below where a report of at least one gunshot was heard at California State University San Bernardino on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 in San Bernardino, Ca. According to San Bernardino Police, one shot hit the exterior of the building. No injuries were reported, students were asked to shelter in place in classrooms and all classes for the night were cancelled. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)



Authorities work the scene where a report of at least one gunshot was heard near the Visual Arts building at California State University San Bernardino on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 in San Bernardino, Ca. According to San Bernardino Police, one shot hit the exterior of the building. No injuries were reported, students were asked to shelter in place in classrooms and all classes for the night were cancelled. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

Authorities work the scene where a report of at least one gunshot was heard near the Visual Arts building at California State University San Bernardino on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 in San Bernardino, Ca. According to San Bernardino Police, one shot hit the exterior of the building. No injuries were reported, students were asked to shelter in place in classrooms and all classes for the night were cancelled. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

Authorities work the scene where a report of at least one gunshot was heard near the Visual Arts building at California State University San Bernardino on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 in San Bernardino, Ca. According to San Bernardino Police, one shot hit the exterior of the building. No injuries were reported, students were asked to shelter in place in classrooms and all classes for the night were cancelled. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

Authorities escort students off campus to their cars as police investigate gunfire that was reported near the Visual Arts Building and Parking Structure West at Cal State University San Bernardino in San Bernardino, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

Students are escorted off campus as police investigate gunfire that was reported near the Visual Arts Building and Parking Structure West at Cal State University San Bernardino in San Bernardino, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)



Authorities work the scene where a report of at least one gunshot was heard near the Visual Arts building at California State University San Bernardino on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 in San Bernardino, Ca. According to San Bernardino Police, one shot hit the exterior of the building. No injuries were reported, students were asked to shelter in place in classrooms and all classes for the night were cancelled. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

An officer walks outside the building where university police, assisted by the San Bernardino Police Department, investigate the scene where gunfire was reported near the Visual Arts Building and Parking Structure West at Cal State University San Bernardino in San Bernardino, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

Students linger outside, while others stay inside, University Hall after a sheriff’s helicopter instructs students to return to their classrooms as police investigate gunfire that was reported near the Visual Arts Building and Parking Structure West at Cal State University San Bernardino in San Bernardino, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

Students sheltered inside their classrooms watch from a window as police investigate gunfire that was reported near the Visual Arts Building and Parking Structure West at Cal State University San Bernardino in San Bernardino, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

University police, assisted by the San Bernardino Police Department, investigate the scene where gunfire was reported near the Visual Arts Building and Parking Structure West at Cal State University San Bernardino in San Bernardino, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)



Shots were reported on the Cal State San Bernardino campus on Wednesday night, canceling classes, forcing students and staff to shelter in place and prompting a search by law enforcement for potential evidence. No injuries were reported.

As of 10:30 p.m., no arrests had been announced.

It wasn’t immediately known how many shots may have been fired — investigators by late Wednesday had confirmed just one shot was fired onto the campus, said Cal State San Bernardino Police Chief Nina Jamsen.

The bullet shattered a window at the Visual Arts building about 5:20 p.m.

Reports of shots came from near the west parking structure. Jamsen said she believes the one confirmed shot may have come from the foothills to the north of campus. The San Bernardino Police Department was taking over the investigation, Jamsen said.

Lt. Mike Madden of the San Bernardino Police Department also said a shot might have come from the foothills area, though he cautioned the investigation was in its early stages.

The university announced late Wednesday that classes would resume Thursday, adding in a tweet: “all clear” and that police would continue to monitor the campus.

Students who had been placed on lockdown in the Visual Arts building were escorted out by rifle-toting police just before 9:30 p.m. Students in the Behavioral Sciences building were escorted out about 15 minutes later.

One of those students, Anthony Guzman, a junior studying psychology, said students used their belts to prevent the hinges on the doors from moving because there are no locks on the doors to the lecture hall he was in that had about 200 students in it for a Race and Racism class.

Guzman said firefighters entered the class and asked if anyone had called them. No one said they had. The firefighters told students to stay put, and they left.

Students first learned what was going on in an email from the university.

“At first it was disbelief,” Guzman said. “People were looking at this as ‘Is it really going on?’ ”

Someone in the lecture hall turned out the lights, and students sat below their desks. The only windows in the room were on the doors.

“But people remained calm,” Guzman said, and he believed that the university kept them well informed.

For more than two hours, the university told students to shelter in place while the incident was under investigation.

CSUSB said in a Twitter message that the gunfire was reported near the Visual Arts Building and Parking Structure West.

“Don’t try to leave campus. Updates to follow,” according to a 5:59 p.m. tweet.

By about 8:05 p.m., university police were clearing buildings and escorting students and staff out, the university announced.

Every entrance to the campus along Northpark Boulevard was blocked off during the investigation.

Campus police, assisted by the San Bernardino Police Department, drove around campus searching as part of the investigation.

Those who had been able to get on campus before it was shut down watched from outside yellow crime scene tape.

On scene at #CSUSB where authorities are investigating a report of shots fired near the Visual Arts bldg. No injuries reported. Classes canceled tonight. pic.twitter.com/DclKhKT0C6 — Micah Escamilla (@MicahEscamilla) January 11, 2018

A contingent of three women from Way World Outreach Church in San Bernardino prayed with parents at the scene, church member Gloria Fajardo said.

Church members also prayed with people after the Dec. 2, 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino and last year’s shootings in Las Vegas and at Northpark school in San Bernardino.

“We prayed for the parents and the families of the loved ones on lockdown,” Fajardo said. “This is our community. If it was us (on lockdown), we’d want people to come with the same love and compassion.”

One of the students escorted out of the Visual Arts building, Rex Kang, a junior studying graphic design, said, “It was uneasy at first.”

Police had the approximately 12 students move into a room at the far end of the building.

It was “just silent, and dark until they turned the light on.”

The students spent the time texting, searching the internet for news and keeping up on the emails from the university, Kang said.

Earlier, the university re-emphasized its point about sheltering in place in a 6:30 p.m. tweet.

“Investigation into shots fired is ongoing,” the tweet said. “Remain sheltered in place. Do not attempt to leave campus.”

In a tweet about 7:30 p.m., the university elaborated on the situation: “Although we have no confirmation that there is in fact a shooter or shooter(s) on campus, a report was made. CSUSB will never take these things lightly & will immediately begin investigating/searching as a precaution.”

The university in a tweet said it would notify the community the moment officials know what is happening.

“Please know that we provide updates & inform our community the moment we are aware of a situation ourselves,” the tweet read. “(University police) & our offices’ primary concern is the safety of our students & everyone on campus.”

In response to one student’s question about what to do if stuck in a classroom, the university recommended trying to stay calm, staying quiet to avoid attracting attention, blocking the doors and windows with desks and tables and staying close to classmates.