Police: Knife-wielding man arrested at University of Arizona library

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Posted: 10/24/2012

TUCSON, AZ - Police on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson say they've arrested a knife-wielding man at the school's main library.

The Arizona Daily Star says campus police received calls just before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday about a man with knife on the third floor of the library.

Responding officers quickly subdued the man and there were no reported injuries.

Police say the man wasn't a student at the university. His name hasn't been released.

UofA police say they're still investigating why the man was in the library with a knife.

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