According to The Huffington Post, Gawker, and UT spokespeople, there is an active shooting situation ongoing at the University of Texas at Austin. Warning sirens began going off around approximately 8:40 a.m. central time.

Gawker is reporting:

“The Austin Statesman is reporting an “active shooting situation” on the University of Texas campus. A spokeswoman says an “armed suspect” in the Perry-Casteneda library (pictured) has shot himself. No word on other victims yet. Updates below.

An employee who works down the street says the warning sirens went off around 8:40 a.m. this morning. “The building has been locked down and I don’t think they’re letting anybody in or out,” she says. Officials reportedly sent out a campus-wide text message this morning “telling people to stay inside and lock doors.”

Update 2: Police spokeswoman Rhonda Wheldon tells the AP “nobody else [besided the gunman] was reported hurt.”

Also: Local news in Texas is saying there’s a second suspect. And now the university police say they’re searching for a second suspect.

Update 3: One suspect shot and killed himself with an AK-47 on the sixth floor of the library, according to a UT spokesman. “We don’t have any report of anybody getting shot at this point,” he says. Police are still seeking the second suspect. Witnesses report hearing about ten gunshots.”

Photo Credit: (Jay Janner AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

More updates to come as information is revealed. The campus currently remains on lockdown. We’re sincerely hoping all are safe and if there is a second suspect he is apprehended.

Update: Potential of a second suspect eliminated and students were given the go-ahead to leave campus this Tuesday once authorities were sure sure there were no explosives remaining on campus. The identity of the deceased gunman remains anonymous.