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UPDATE: The residence hall is directly across the street from a construction site, which could be the source of the sounds.

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Police at Virginia Tech are investigating “reported sounds of gunshots” on the campus, according to the school.

An alert on the university’s website says police are conducting a room by room search in Pritchard Hall on the Blacksburg, Va., campus. “Police have walked the halls and report NO residual smell of gunpowder,” WSET-TV reports.