Reports of shots fired near the West Campus Apartments at LSU caused the university to urge people to avoid the area, but police later said no shots were fired and no one was injured.

The report of shots fired near the West Campus Apartments near Aster Street came in around 2:20 p.m. Officials said one person was detained by officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department.

BATON ROUGE ... s campus Sunday night according to LSU Police Department. Campus Police sent out an alert to students around 8:30 p.m. about gunshots reported near the Nicholson Gateway apartments ...

Junior and senior students returning for the 2023-24 academic year will have a new set of residence halls to call home, as the first buildings of the University's reimagined West Campus are complete.