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Cambridge Shooting Prompts Security Precautions on Harvard Campus

  • On Friday, Harvard University told students and staff to shelter in place after a reported shooting on Sherman Street, with alerts urging affiliates to avoid the Radcliffe Quad and remain indoors.
  • The shots occurred on Sherman Street near Radcliffe Quad and Danehy Park, with the suspect seen traveling toward Garden Street and possibly Harvard Square.
  • Harvard University Emergency Alerts issued multiple notices, including a second alert ten minutes later and a third before 11:30 a.m., while Cambridge Police Department recovered ballistic evidence and reported no known victims.
  • Staff for at least one residential house instructed students to stay inside, while Cambridge Police Department and Harvard University Police Department continued searching for the suspect; about twenty remained outside in the Quad.
  • Media labeled the incident a developing story and local media flagged it as such, while a handful of students remained outside in the Quad about twenty minutes after the first alert.
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