TEANECK, NJ – Administrators at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Teaneck campus put the school in lockdown after a fight broke out and a gun was discovered by police. A fight between two men broke out off-campus and police reported they chased each other around the campus. Police found a machete sheath and a BB-gun. No students were involved in the altercation. Police are investigating the incident and no arrests have been made public yet. The incident happened Wednesday afternoon.
Fairleigh Dickinson University goes on lockdown after fight involving machete and BB gun
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