{"id":4320,"date":"2025-04-21T07:44:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/news\/?p=4320"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:44:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:44:18","slug":"shots-fired-at-harvard-square-station-trigger-lockdown-manhunt-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/news\/shots-fired-at-harvard-square-station-trigger-lockdown-manhunt-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Shots Fired at Harvard Square Station Trigger Lockdown, Manhunt Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Key Takeaways<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gunfire erupted on the Harvard Square subway platform Sunday afternoon.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A man reportedly fired 4\u20135 shots at a targeted individual before fleeing the scene.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No injuries were reported, and no suspects were in custody as of Sunday evening.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harvard issued and later lifted a campus-wide shelter-in-place order during the incident.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MBTA services were delayed as police conducted an area search.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A shooting on the Harvard Square subway platform on Sunday afternoon triggered a shelter-in-place order for Harvard University students and staff, sparking a multi-agency police response and transit service disruptions across the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Incident Unfolds Near Harvard Campus<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/orgs\/massachusetts-bay-transportation-authority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan, officers responded to a report of gunfire at 2:12 p.m. at the southbound platform of the Harvard Square Red Line station.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preliminary investigations revealed that a man, armed with a handgun, discharged approximately four to five rounds at a specific individual before fleeing the station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is currently no evidence to suggest the targeted person or any bystanders were injured,\u201d Sullivan stated. Reports from students and commuters describe a man running from the station with a gun in hand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brianna M. Carbajal \u201926, who was on the platform, recalled hearing multiple shots. Another student, Marcos Garcia \u201928, said he saw the suspect run toward Brattle Street.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Campus Lockdown and Transit Disruptions<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harvard University Police issued a shelter-in-place alert at 2:46 p.m., instructing affiliates to remain indoors while law enforcement searched the surrounding area. The order was lifted at 3:19 p.m., after it was deemed safe to resume normal activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the investigation remained active into the evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transit operations were also affected. Red Line passengers were rerouted to shuttle buses, and service was delayed by approximately 15 minutes due to what the MBTA called \u201cpolice activity at Harvard.\u201d Eyewitnesses described the station\u2019s turnstiles blocked by caution tape and a noticeable police presence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Find Out: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/ged\/does-harvard-accept-ged\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Does Harvard Accept GED<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>No Suspects in Custody<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of late Sunday, police had not identified or apprehended a suspect. Cambridge Police Department Superintendent Frederick Cabral confirmed that no arrests had been made and emphasized that the shelter order came from Harvard University Police, not CPD.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MBTA Transit Police, Cambridge Police, and Harvard University Police all participated in the response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe investigation is ongoing,\u201d Sullivan added, noting that authorities had not found any victims or further evidence of injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the lack of injuries, the incident raised safety concerns across the university and broader community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Also in the News:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/news\/foreign-students-in-us-face-legal-uncertainty-amid-visa-revocations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Foreign students in US Face Legal Uncertainty Amid Visa Revocations<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/news\/harvard-faces-potential-ban-on-enrolling-foreign-students-amid-federal-demands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Harvard Faces Potential Ban on Enrolling Foreign Students Amid Federal Demands<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways Gunfire erupted on the Harvard Square subway platform Sunday afternoon. A man reportedly fired 4\u20135 shots at a targeted individual before fleeing the scene. No injuries were reported, and no suspects were in custody as of Sunday evening. Harvard issued and later lifted a campus-wide shelter-in-place order during the incident. MBTA services were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[330],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.4 (Yoast SEO v25.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shots Fired at Harvard Square Station Trigger Lockdown, Manhunt Underway<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shots fired at Harvard Square Station spark campus lockdown; police launch active manhunt. 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