Texas A&M issues bomb threat alert; clears campus

Texas A&M University has issued a "Code Maroon" alerting instructing all students to leave the campus on foot following an apparent bomb threat.

They later announced that all classes have been canceled.

One student, who asked not to be identified, tells USA TODAY that he got the alert as he was leaving classes and that people were "very organized" in moving to leave campus to the north or south.

"People are still very calm, probabably a little nervousness underneath it all," he adds. "But they are doing what you're supposed to do."

Lt. Allan Baron, Texas A&M police spokesman, says the threat was received via email, The Eaglereports. The warning was issued at 11:34 a.m. CDT.

Here is the Code Maroon warning from the A&M emergency website:

The University has received a campus-wide bomb threat. We are asking all students, faculty, and staff to evacuate campus as quickly and as safely as possible by foot. Do not use a vehicle at this time. This evacuation is effective immediately until further notice.Persons on main campus please proceed north to Church Street or South towards Anderson Street.Please continue to visit the emergency website (emergency.tamu.edu) for regular updates regarding this emergency situation.

Texas A&M, which has a student body of around 50,000, is located College Station in East Central Texas. It is the site of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library

In September, the University of Texas at Austin also evacuated its campus following a bomb threat, but no explosives were found.