EPD conducts search after reports of shots fired at Cedar Trace Apartments

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Evansville Central Dispatch confirms that authorities responded to a shots fired run at Cedar Trace Apartments on Thursday evening.

Dispatch says a large police presence was on scene in the area near the 2200 block of North Seventh Avenue.

Officials with the Evansville Police Department told 14 News that officers cleared the entire apartment complex, but found no signs of property damage or people hurt.

Police say they were given a vague description of two men running into the building. However, no suspects were found inside, officials say.

EPD says it’s possible a shooter could have run inside and then left before police arrived.

Officials say it took police a couple of hours to search the building and evacuate residents.

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