Monmouth University was on lockdown Tuesday night after two students reported being held up by a man at gunpoint, the school said.
The two women were walking on campus at 8:20 p.m. when a man wearing a stocking mask pulled a handgun on them and demanded their cell phones. The women ran away and the suspect took off, according to the school.
A lockdown was put in place around 9:50 p.m. as police looked for the man with the gun.
The man was located and taken into custody shortly before 10:30 p.m. but he apparently threw the gun and the lockdown was kept in place as officers searched for the weapon, the school said.
Police said that the weapon was recovered just before midnight and the lockdown was subsequently lifted.
No injuries were reported.
