LOWELL, Mass. (NewsNation) — A shelter-in-place alert is underway on the University of Massachusetts’ Lowell campus amid reports of a man carrying a gun.

Emergency alerts sent to students said police are looking for a “5-foot-5 Asian male wearing a gray or white sweatshirt and black shorts carrying a long weapon. Seen in the rear of Riverview Suites."

The emergency text alerts instructed students to “stay inside until further notice” and to “run, hide, fight.”

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