MADISON, Wis. â?? Police now say a suicidal 19-year-old man who claimed to have a gun posed no threat to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.In fact, they have no evidence that he was ever on campus or actually had a weapon.
The university canceled some classes and activities, warned students to stay home and briefly closed the UW Hospital to some patients and visitors as police sought the caller, believed to be a 19-year-old escaped inmate.