Police Say No Gunman On MIT Campus

Cambridge Police say there is no gunman on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology just outside Boston which was put on lockdown after the report of a man with a rifle.

Police tweeted out a message that a search was conducted and no gunman was found.

Cambridge Police tweets (Twitter)

Earlier, police had tweeted a report of a gunman on Massachusetts Avenue and MIT alerted students via text that the school was on lockdown according to WBZ TV. State and Cambridge Police conducted a search of the Main Group Building of MIT and cleared the scene around 10AM.

Mass. State Police on campus of MIT (Twitter)

The Associated Press contributed to this story

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