A Meridian police cruiser is parked along Highway 45 N. Friday as law enforcement respond to an call at the Islamic Center of Mississippi and Alabama.

Reports of an active shooter at the Islamic Center of Mississippi and Alabama are untrue, police say after the initial call prompted a quick response from law enforcement Friday afternoon.

 

Meridian Police Chief Deborah Naylor-Young said the situation is still be investigated, but police do not believe there is any threat to the community.

 

“This was more or less a disturbance,” she said.

 

While it was initially reported people had been shot and stabbed, those reports are not true, Meridian Police Department said.