Boston University Police said that after investigating, they had lifted the shelter in place order for buildings in and around Kenmore Square.
UPDATE, ALL CLEAR: Boston University police have lifted the shelter in place order for the buildings in and near Kenmore Square.
“Police have determined the area is safe. Please resume your normal activities.”
Multiple news sources out of Boston said that authorities had given the all-clear signal.
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Earlier on Tuesday, authorities ordered people in all the Boston University buildings to shelter in place, following reports that a man who may have a gun is at large in the Kenmore Square area. Boston University police said they were looking for a white male with a beard and curly hair, wearing a long-sleeved shirt. Earlier, authorities said that the man was spotted on the Green Line and then running through the tunnels near Kenmore Square. Police were also searching the Barnes & Nobel bookstore in Kenmore Square. The shelter in place order was first issued for just two buildings, 610 Beacon St. and 481 Commonwealth Avenue but was expanded to include all the buildings near and in Kenmore Square after police expanded their search for the unnamed man.
Even after police said that the area was safe, it wasn’t immediately clear whether the man had been caught. But authorities asked people to go about their normal business and assured the public that the area was safe again. “Police have determined the area is safe. Please resume your normal activities,” authorities said, according to Boston’s WBUR radio.
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