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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Harvard University Shelter in Place, Report of an On Campus Shooter Unconfirmed as Order Lifted
Harvard University students and staff were ordered to shelter in place Friday after a reported shooting in Cambridge. The university issued an emergency alert saying Cambridge police received a report that an unidentified man on a bicycle fired shots at another person on Sherman Street. The suspect was last seen heading toward Garden Street. Garden [...] The post Harvard University Shelter in Place, Report of an On Campus Shooter Unconfirmed as …
Shooting reported near Harvard University, search for suspect underway
Shots were on Friday fired in a neighbourhood near Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In this regard, the Harvard University issued a statement saying an unidentified person on a bike shot another one on Sherman Street, following which the former headed towards Garden Street. Moreover, the university also issued a shelter-in-place directive after the shooting, but later rescinded the same. “Cambridge Police has communicated that the…
Harvard shooting: Shots fired near University campus, police responds - here's what we know
One person was shot near the Harvard University on Friday morning (local time), following which the institute has issued a shelter-in-place order. Police are searching for the suspect.
Harvard University shelter in place lifted after shots fired incident near campus
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WLNE) — A shelter in place order has been lifted at Harvard University after reports of shots fired on Sherman Street in Cambridge. According to Harvard University’s website, police were reporting that an unidentified male on a bicycle shot at another person on the street. Harvard issued the shelter in place order shortly after the incident, with reports of the suspect headed toward Harvard Square. Ballistic evidence was recove…
Police respond to shots fired in Cambridge, Harvard University under shelter in place - Boston News, Weather, Sports
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - Cambridge police responded to a neighborhood near Harvard Friday morning due to a shooting in the area.Harvard said in a statement
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