Police are searching for a “5-foot-5 Asian male” armed with a rifle at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Video posted to social media shows a man with what appears to be a rifle was on the UML’s South Campus.
The University canceled classes for the day and ordered students to shelter-in-place:
Police from UMass Lowell and the city of Lowell were alerted this afternoon to reports of a male on South Campus carrying an object suspected of being a firearm. There was no report of a shooting.
A campus-wide shelter in place order has been issued as UMass Lowell and city police attempt to find this individual. State police have been dispatched to campus, as well.
All classes and events on campus for the remainder of the day have been cancelled.
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WCVB reported:
Police are looking for an armed man reported on the campus of UMass Lowell on Wednesday, and members of the community were advised to “stay inside until further notice.”
Sky5 flew over the campus and saw police from several agencies working in the area of UMass Lowell’s South Campus.
Messages sent to the campus community through an emergency system said that police are searching “for a 5-foot-5 Asian male wearing a gray or white sweatshirt and black shorts carrying a long weapon. Seen in the rear of Riverview Suites.”
Riverview Suites is a dorm located on Middlesex Street.
“Police from UMass Lowell and the city of Lowell were alerted this afternoon to reports of a male on South Campus carrying an object suspected of being a firearm. A campus-wide shelter in place order has been issued as officers attempt to find this individual,” University officials said.
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