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Harvard University issued shelter-in-place order after shooting

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Authorities temporarily rerouted passengers in parts of the city’s subway system and closed the bus as officers from various departments searched for suspects.


Harvard University issued shelter orders to students and staff on Sunday. Bloomberg via Getty Images

A preliminary investigation shows that Massachusetts Bai Transit Bureau’s Transit Police Chief Richard Sullivan said in an email that a gun-armed man fired four to five rounds on a “targeted individual” on a platform southbound on Harvard Square. The suspect then fled the station.

There is no evidence that targeted people or anyone else was injured, he said.


Police tape assembles part of part of Harvard Square MBTA platform
Authorities reroute passengers to temporarily shuttle buses on parts of the city’s subway system. Boston Gloves via Getty Images

Police were warned in reporting the shot fired around 2:15pm. A message was then sent to the Harvard community, with further notices urging people to evacuate until police searched the area around the busy station near the school’s main campus in Cambridge.

Messages posted on the Harvard University website were deleted late Sunday afternoon.

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