By Associated Press - Friday, April 5, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) - The Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan was placed on lockdown Friday as police responded to a report of a man with a firearm.

The New York Police Department announced it had made an arrest before 7 p.m. and that there was no “active threat” in the area.

Police did not immediately identify the man but said he was believed to have a pellet gun.

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