Police helicopter circles UBC campus

UPDATE 3: A local radio station has picked up on the incident here.

Anyone with plans to travel to UBC today is asked to avoid the area of the Biological Science Building.

Police
have cordoned off the area surrounding the building and no one will be
allowed to enter or exit the building until the threat is neutralized.

The RCMP have increased police presence throughout the campus.

Students are asked to be vigilant, be aware of your surroundings and contact police if you notice anything suspicious.

Students in my office are currently playing pictionary...team 2 is winning.

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UPDATE 2 Witnesses outside have called me (inside) with the folowing information: emergency response team is present, a swat team with complete tactical gear has entered the building (with fully automatic assault rifles), assailiant does have a gun.

Fully geared swat team members are checking every room in the building, according to students locked in the basement.

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Vancouver - The biological sciences building is under lockdown as of 30 minutes ago.  Police officers have surrounded the building, and are at every exit.  Yellow tape has been stretched across the doors.  A helicopter can be heard overheard, circling the building.  

According to an email released to faculty and gradute students working in the building, a suicidal student has been displaying threatening behaviour.

UPDATE: From teh UBC mainpage: 

RCMP Advisory
Last Updated: Wed. Jan. 30, 2:27 pm

There has been a police incident at the Bio Sciences Building, which is located at the intersection of Main Mall and University Boulevard at the University of British Columbia.

On the advice of the RCMP, the Bio Sciences Building has been locked down. Building occupants have been instructed to stay where they are, to secure the room in which they are located, and to await further instructions from the RCMP.

No person will be permitted to enter or leave the Bio Sciences Building without RCMP authorization.

Out of an abundance of caution, the RCMP is advising that others on campus stay where they are currently located. All campus occupants should be aware of their surroundings and report any suspicious circumstances to the RCMP at 911. Persons who are not on campus are advised to remain away from the campus until further notice.

Further information, as it becomes available, will be posted at http://www.ubc.ca