SAN JOSE — Graffiti appearing to suggest a shooting would take place at San Jose State University on Wednesday was ultimately deemed not credible, according to the university.

The threat, scrawled in black marker, was found in a women’s bathroom at Dudley Moorhead Hall. The words “shooting today” were accompanied by a time, but there was no mention of a location or individual.

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“The threat did not appear to be credible,” said university spokeswoman Patricia Harris. “However, we did take all appropriate measures to respond.”

I reported the threat of the shooting at SJSU thinking that people would actually be notified right away, AT 1:00btw, whether or not it was real. It’s actually serious yet UPD failed to notify anyone until a little while ago. Makes you wonder… pic.twitter.com/pUQQCyCtxs — Gabriela Martinez (@gabiherp) March 1, 2018

Those measures included sending an alert to students and employees, as well as an increased police presence. Classes, however, were not canceled.

The University Police Department was alerted to the graffiti — which portended a “5 p.m.” target time — around 1 p.m. Wednesday, and launched an investigation assisted by the San Jose Police Department, according to a campus letter from university President Mary Papazian.

Investigators eventually determined that the scrawled threat was not credible.

“Nonetheless, UPD took extra precautions by increasing police presence in and around DMH,” Papazian wrote. “As the investigation continues, UPD will remain on alert.”

Harris lauded the faculty member who discovered the message for reporting it to university administrators right away.

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“For several years now, we have been pushing the ‘see something, say something’ protocol very hard here at San Jose State and clearly that message is getting across,” Harris said. “As soon as the faculty member saw the message of concern this afternoon, that faculty member reported it and we were able to respond immediately.”

The case remains under investigation. Anyone with information can contact the University Police Department at 408-924-2222.