COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Texas A&M University has issued a "Code Maroon" alert instructing students to leave the campus following an apparent bomb threat.
The school later announced that all classes have been canceled.
A warning posted to the Code Maroon website at 11:42 Central Time reads:
The University has received a campus-wide bomb threat. We are asking all students, faculty and staff to evacuate campus as quickly and as safely as possible by foot. Do not use a vehicle at this time. This evacuation is effective immediately until further notice.