Maryland college campus placed on lockdown after man points gun at unarmed security officer
TAKOMA PARK, Md. Sept 27 2018—A Maryland college was placed on lockdown Wednesday after an armed man pointed a gun at a security officer.
Takoma Park police said that the unarmed security officer was responding to a report of a man with a firearm on the campus.
 Just before 8 a.m. calls came in about a man armed with a gun and that he was spotted by students on the third floor of the student service building.
Police responded to the Montgomery College campus in Takoma Park Wednesday morning and searched the campus but did not locate the armed man.
Authorities reviewed cameras and canvassed the surrounding areas and determined that the man has left the area.
He is being described as a black male with a red hat, a long sleeve black shirt, black sneakers and black pants. He was seen carrying a black backpack.