Keith Williams is being charged with first-degree armed robbery. He's being held on $100,000 bail, with no 10 percent.
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Williams, 18, is from Baltimore, Maryland.
Shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday night, police say he approached two female students on campus and demanded their cell phones.
He was wearing a mask and dark clothing.
When the students refused, he pulled out what appeared to be a handgun and again demanded their cell phones, authorities say.
The students ran away to a safe location and the suspect fled with nothing.
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The students notified campus police and local authorities were then notified.
The university was back to normal Wednesday morning following the reports of someone with a gun on campus that prompted a lockdown as a precaution for the safety of the students.
The two students were approached in an on-campus underpass referred to as the tunnel, an underpass for students so they don't have to cross the street.
Students were told to shelter-in-place while police gathered evidence. The university sent a message to students via social media and reverse calls on Tuesday night.
Williams was apprehended by police in a campus dorm around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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The school tweeted overnight that the weapon had been recovered and the lockdown lifted.
The weapon wound up being an imitation gun but it closely resembled an actual semi-automatic handgun.
No one was injured.