Students Evacuated At UMass Boston Over False Report Of “Possible Person With Firearm”
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As Harvard officials scoured parts of the Cambridge campus in search of alleged explosives at four separate buildings, officers at UMass Boston ordered students to evacuate a building after reports of a person with a firearm were called into the University police station.
UMass Boston Alert: Evacuate McCormack Building. Possible person with a firearm. Avoid area. Officials are on scene.
— UMass Boston (@UMassBoston) December 16, 2013
McCormack Hall is along University Drive, facing the harbor.
Minutes after the report came through, however, State Police said the threat was bogus.
There were reports of a threat at @UmassBoston. There is no threat. False report. Scene is clear.
— Mass State Police (@MassStatePolice) December 16, 2013
UMass Boston Alert: The earlier report of a gunman on campus has been cleared. The McCormack building has been reopened for business.
— UMass Boston (@UMassBoston) December 16, 2013
Boston Police responded to the report on campus as well. No other information was immediately available.
