Cambridge shooting prompts security precautions on Harvard University campus
I’M ANTOINETTE ANTONIO. WE INTERRUPT PROGRAMING RIGHT NOW TO BRING YOU SOME BREAKING NEWS. HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAS JUST SHARED AN EMERGENCY ALERT SAYING A MAN SHOT AT ANOTHER PERSON. THIS ALL HAPPENING NOT FAR FROM THE HARVARD CAMPUS. HERE’S THAT ALERT JUST POSTED THE SCHOOL SAYING CAMBRIDGE POLICE REPORTING THAT AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE ON A BICYCLE JUST SHOT AT ANOTHER PERSON ON SHERMAN STREET. THE SUSPECT IS ON A BICYCLE HEADING TOWARD GARDEN STREET. PLEASE AVOID THE AREA AND SHELTER IN PLACE NOW. POLICE ARE ALSO SEARCHING FOR THAT PERSON ON THE BIKE. RIGHT NOW, THE SCHOOL IS ASKING PEOPLE TO SHELTER IN PLACE TO FOR STUDENTS TO SHELTER IN PLACE AND THEY’RE SAYING PLEASE ALSO AVOID THE QUAD AREA. ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A SHOTS FIRED REPORT. AT THIS POINT, NO CONFIRMATION ANYONE WAS ACTUALLY SHOT. NOW, IF YOU’RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, SHERMAN STREET IS NOT TOO FAR FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS THE ALEWIFE MBTA STATION. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO CAMBRIDGE POLICE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS. THEY TELL US THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM ANYTHING ELSE ASIDE FROM THAT. SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS INFORMATION COMING FROM HARVARD RIGHT NOW, SAYING THAT A PERSON HAS SHOT AT ANOTHER PERSON ON SHERMAN STREET HEADING TOWARDS THE GARDEN STREET AREA, HARVARD ASKING STUDENTS TO SHELTER IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, AND ALSO TO AVOID THE QUAD AREA. WE HAVE A CREW HEADING TO THAT SCENE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU MORE DETAILS AS WE GET THEM. FOR NO
Cambridge shooting prompts security precautions on Harvard University campus
Harvard University students and staff were told to shelter in place after a reported shooting in Cambridge on Friday.The initial warning was posted to the university’s emergency alert website: “Cambridge Police are reporting that an unidentified male on a bicycle just shot at another person on Sherman Street. The suspect is on a bicycle heading toward Garden Street. Please avoid the area and shelter in place.”Garden Street leads south past Cambridge Common and meets Massachusetts Ave. near the Harvard campus. Later, the university said the shooting occurred near the Radcliffe Quad. City and university police are searching for the suspect and said he could be headed toward Harvard Square. Members of the university community were specifically told to stay inside and avoid the Quad area.
Harvard University students and staff were told to shelter in place after a reported shooting in Cambridge on Friday.
The initial warning was posted to the university’s emergency alert website: “Cambridge Police are reporting that an unidentified male on a bicycle just shot at another person on Sherman Street. The suspect is on a bicycle heading toward Garden Street. Please avoid the area and shelter in place.”
Garden Street leads south past Cambridge Common and meets Massachusetts Ave. near the Harvard campus.
Later, the university said the shooting occurred near the Radcliffe Quad.
City and university police are searching for the suspect and said he could be headed toward Harvard Square. Members of the university community were specifically told to stay inside and avoid the Quad area.
