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UPDATE: Terminal at JFK airport evacuated after shots reported

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2014, file photo, a TSA officer, left, checks a passenger's ticket, boarding pass and passport as part of security screening at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. A court challenge over the difficulty for airline passengers to remove their names from the U.S. government’s no-fly list is taking an unexpected twist, now focusing on the mysterious ways federal agents add passenger names to the list in the first place. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2014, file photo, a TSA officer, left, checks a passenger's ticket, boarding pass and passport as part of security screening at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. A court challenge over the difficulty for airline passengers to remove their names from the U.S. government’s no-fly list is taking an unexpected twist, now focusing on the mysterious ways federal agents add passenger names to the list in the first place. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2014, file photo, a TSA officer, left, checks a passenger's ticket, boarding pass and passport as part of security screening at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. A court challenge over the difficulty for airline passengers to remove their names from the U.S. government’s no-fly list is taking an unexpected twist, now focusing on the mysterious ways federal agents add passenger names to the list in the first place. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

NEW YORK – Police are evacuating a terminal at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport following reports of shots fired.

Port Authority police say they received the reports of shots fired at Terminal 8 near the departures area around 9:30 p.m. Sunday.

The New York Police Department was called in to assist.

There were no reports of any injuries or arrests.

Police say they have not been able to confirm whether any shots were actually fired. They evacuated the area as a precaution.