No one was injured, according to spokesman Doug Cohen, who said there were other officers but no students in the immediate vicinity.
A police officer who was involved in clearing protesters from a Columbia University administration building earlier this week fired his gun inside the hall, a spokesman for District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office confirmed Thursday. He said Bragg’s office is reviewing the incident. He did not provide additional details.The New York Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Police had said protesters inside presented no substantial resistance. More than 100 protesters were taken into custody.The demonstrators had seized Hamilton Hall early Tuesday, ramping up their presence on the campus from a tent encampment that had been there since April 17.The encampment was one of the earliest on college campuses.Despite more than 100 arrests on April 18 and the clearing of the tents, the protesters defied threats of suspension to return to the encampment.
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