The gun-wielding figure captured stalking around the University of Massachusetts Lowell campus — prompting a lockdown on the first day of class — has been identified as a juvenile who was carrying an airsoft replica firearm, police announced on Thursday.

The minor, whose name was withheld due to his age, was seen creeping around the college campus brandishing a mock firearm held as if he were preparing to start a school shooting, according to video footage taken by students sheltering in place. 4

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The Lowell Police Department received reports of a person possibly armed with a gun just before 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the first day of classes for undergraduate students.

All classes and events were cancelled for the rest of the day as swaths of law enforcement officers, including F

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