POLICE are asking people to stay away from the Indiana Memorial Union as a nearby hotel and conference center is evacuated due to a possible hostage situation.

The University of Indiana’s campus police issued the alert on Twitter on Monday night.

The University of Indiana's Bloomington campus

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The University of Indiana’s Bloomington campus

Journalist Shannon Watts reports that a man armed with a semiautomatic rifle may be holding someone hostage on the university’s Bloomington campus.

The Indiana Memorial Union is a student union building

The nearby Biddle Hotel and Conference Center are being evacuated.

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