Police find assault rifle and EXPLOSIVES next to body of UCF student who killed himself in dorm

Police investigating a man with a gun on the University of Central Florida campus were stunned to find a student had killed himself, and his body was found with an arsenal of guns and explosives.

Hundreds of students were evacuated early Monday from the dorm on the Orlando campus.

University police were called to the dorm around 12:20am after a fire alarm went off, UCF spokesman Grant Heston said. 

While they were on their way to the scene, a 911 call came in about a man with a gun.

Shooting: University of Central Florida police block off a street near the Tower 1 dorm after explosive devices were found while investigating a suicide in the dorm

Distraught: Evacuated students wait near the residence hall after the student's suicide

Arriving officers found a man dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a residence at the Tower 1 dorm.

Heston said the dorm has suites, with a main kitchen and living area, along with four bedrooms. The dead man was inside one of the rooms.

Inside the room, police also found an assault weapon, a handgun and improvised explosive devices.

The Orlando Sentinel reported that the man, who has not been identified, was a student at the university.

Heston said the Orange County Sheriff's Office and the FBI are helping with the investigation.

Just after noon today, the explosives were removed from the dorm and classes resumed as scheduled.

Heston told the Sentinel that no note or manifesto was found.

The sheriff's bomb squad was examining the explosive devises this moing.

About 500 students were evacuated from the dorm and an adjacent parking garage was closed. That garage has since reopened.

The school utilized text message alerts to keep students informed about the situation.

Antonio Whitehead, 21, a junior from Hollywood, Florida, said he heard the fire alarm go off after midnight and thought it was a routine alarm.

He headed outside where he saw a crowd already heading across the street from the dorm.

'All of a sudden, I felt the crowd move a little faster. And a police officer with a machine gun or something told everyone to start moving a lot faster,' he said.

Whitehead, who has lived in the dorm for two years, said the students were moved to an open area about 1,000 feet from UCF Arena.

Grant Heandez, 20, a sophomore from Orlando who also is a resident at the dorm, said he woke up sometime after midnight when police were evacuating the building.

'We weren't allowed to get our cars. We weren't allowed to get our personal effects,' Heandez said.

'All we saw were people running, and they were not telling us what was going on,' he added. 'We were left unsure of things. It wasn't till about 6 o'clock that we got more information and a clearer picture of what was going on.'

He said officers on the scene began providing more information, and students checked updates on the university's website.

The area is a very busy section of the campus, with restaurants and shops nearby.

A statement on the university's website said the UCF Arena would open to accommodate displaced students. 

Counselors would be available to talk to students who need assistance.

A spokeswoman for State University System Chancellor Frank Brogan said he was called this moing by UCF President John Hitt and told about the situation unfolding on campus.

'As far as we know no other students are in danger,' Kim Wilmath said.