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Click the play button to hear the Wednesday morning press conference on the Ferrum College lockdown.

Police and University officials provide the latest news in the ongoing investigation of yesterday's incident at Ferrum College.

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Law enforcement officials continue to search for a white male who reportedly had a gun on the Ferrum College campus Tuesday morning, Franklin County Sheriff Ewell Hunt said today during a news conference in Rocky Mount.

Other information released during the news conference:

-- Fourteen "persons of interest" have been interviewed and then released since a housekeeper on the campus reported that she saw a man with a gun Tuesday morning in a dormitory building. The housekeeper is the only witness police have in the case.

-- Law enforcement continues to investigate the incident and say they have no reason to doubt the housekeeper's story.

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The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office has released a composite sketch associated with Tuesday’s morning’s incident at Ferrum College. The individual, whom the Sheriff’s Office presently considers a ‘person of interest’, has been described as a white male, 20 to 25 years of age, standing roughly 6-feet tall, with a muscular build and medium-length hair that is brown or black in color.

The individual was last seen wearing a green T-shirt and blue jeans in the foyer area of Bassett Hall on the Ferrum College campus between 7:25 – 7:30 a.m. on February 26. Anyone with information that may be helpful toward further identification of this individual is asked to contact the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office at 540-483-3000.

A press conference has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at The Franklin Center, located in downtown Rocky Mount.

Classes at Ferrum College have been cancelled for the rest of the week, according to a statement on the college's Web site. Brunch will be served to students on campus at 10 a.m. Wednesday. All students are expected to be off campus by noon on Wednesday, according to the statement. Classes will resume on Monday, March 10.

Click the play button to hear Franklin County Sheriff Ewell Hunt's Tuesday evening press conference on the Ferrum College lockdown.

Franklin County Sheriff Ewell Hunt provides updates on the status of the Ferrum College lockdown.

Video by Seth Gitner | The Roanoke Times

Ferrum College is allowing students to leave the gymnasium where they’ve been held most of the day.

Some restrictions are still in place on the campus; while commuter students are being allowed to go home, on-campus students must return to their dorms.

Franklin County Sheriff Ewell Hunt said the housekeeper who sparked the campus-wide manhunt is working with investigators to create a composite sketch of the young man she reported seeing with a gun early this morning.

A recent alert on the school's emergency notification system thanked students and employees for their patience, and said that school officials are awaiting updates from law enforcement.

Video by Seth Gitner