By NBC News staff and wire reports
Police at the University of Connecticut's Avery Point campus were negotiating early Tuesday with an armed man who crawled beneath a dock on the premises.
Police said that they set up a perimeter around the man, who is alone, at around 2:15 a.m. ET.
Earlier, an alert was posted on the university's website and police ordered an evacuation of the campus after someone reported they had seen a man with a gun.
"He doesn't appear to be a threat to others, but we want to secure his safety," University of Connecticut spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz said. She said it was not clear whether he was connected to the university.
Several local police departments and a state police emergency services unit were on the scene.
Reitz said very few people were believed to be on campus because of summer vacation.
Avery Point is about 50 miles southeast of Hartford, Conn.
NBC Connecticut and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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