POLICE SHOOTING AT MIT….
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MIT Campus Police Officer Fatally Injured in Shooting
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—A campus police officer was shot and killed Thursday night at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after responding to a disturbance on campus, according to Cambridge police and the Middlesex County District Attorney’s office.
Gunshots were reported on the MIT campus at 10:48 p.m. near the Ray and Maria Stata Center, near Vassar and Main Streets, according to an emergency notice posted on the school’s website. It advised those on campus to stay indoors and away from the building, and nearly an hour later it said injuries had been reported. MIT police later determined that a suspect was no longer on campus, and that it is safe to resume normal activities.
Massachusetts State Police and Cambridge Police are investigating the shooting. The officer had multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to a statement on the district attorney’s website.
A Massachusetts State Police spokesman said authorities have no reason to believe the shooting was related to Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings.
After the gunshots at MIT, hundreds of cops descended on nearby Watertown, where residents heard gunshots and a loud explosion. residents of nearby Watertown reported an explosion, but it wasn’t clear whether there was any connection to the shooting.
Adonis Karageorgis, a 35-year-old dental student who lives in Watertown, said he heads a loud explosion from his apartment’s balcony.
“I looked up and saw the sky light up,” he said. “You could smell the smoke.”
In statement early Friday, the university said: “MIT is heartbroken by the news that an MIT Police officer has been shot and killed tonight in the line of duty. Our thoughts are now with the officer’s family. We are working with multiple police departments in order to ensure the safety of the MIT campus: the safety of our students and others on our campus is our highest priority.”
Shortly before midnight Thursday police were gathered at the scene of the shooting, and a stretch of the campus near Vassar Street and Main Street in Cambridge was cordoned off. Police were searching through woods with dogs and flashlights.
—Josh Dawsey and Pervaiz Shallwani contributed to this article.
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